Crample is a lon Herald Tribune last Friday which headlined 'Britons Has Again Questioning Role in Ulster' It reported the opinion polls in Britain which had supported winerawa troops; Tony Benn's state. ments on delanu fact that Bobby Sands, the first of the hunge strikers was elected 1o parliament during his fast was a major blow to the Thatcher government's tention that the IRA guerTas nove widespread support among Catholics'.
I nere is no poll alsguising that such developments nave been time in coming. An example can be laken trom ine very firsi issue of Socialist This reported, exclusively, information about the career of Tim Creasey, who just seen appointed the British Were al Officer Commanding in the north of Ireland.
story disclosed that while commander of the Sultan of Oman's armed forces 1972-75 Creasey had been accused of overseeing the widespread torture of political accusations which had been testified to by the Middle East equivalent of the Red Cross.
If such story were released today it would at least get a mention on the of the international Herald Tribune. Certainly, it would receive considerably more coverage than it did in 1977. Ireland is no longer the 200th issue, either pollics or in Ine priorities of the world's they would lead. But the fact that they took place was the first open acknowledgement by politician for many years that the situation in the north of Ireland was of into the southern and that search had to made for 'institutional struc tures' which sis pala lip service to the fact that …read was ore Balion When Roy Mason was in charge of the fighters against British were mere 'criminals' and 'godfathers' Although Thatcher has repeated the SUCH HASCISC OVCI hunger strike issue she and north that have been here for 60 years.
Such at t evidence that despite everything Britain thrown at the fighters for Irish self-determination, these last 12 years the SAS 10 The credit for this goes - without reservation the anti-imperialist movement in Ireland.
Socialist Challenge some responsibility to the Ulster Defence Regiment and the RUC.
made in an attempt to preach trom the sideline. of the British left. tional H Block Cir. tee, won no less than -per cent of the natiora: vote cast in his area It is easy to ta!!
doubt that the !: gle has Tent.