UNLESS Margaret abandons her 'no talks' no concessions' likely office within weeks.
The Fine Gael/Labour presently survives by two. But there are two Irish MPs who are unable and unwilling to take their seats in the Irish hunger strike Kieran vorerly. other is fellow H Block prisoner Paddy Agnew.
Kieran is likely to die this week and when that happens Paddy resign his s il probably lead to the scal The resulting election of two candidates from the opposition Fianna Fail party. parliamentary majority premier Garret FitzGerald would be wiped out.
That is why FitzGerald is now applying considerable pressure on Britain to compromise over the demands of the hunger strikers.
week 1t was revealed that FitzGerald had sent a letter to US President Reagan, 'the contents of OVER 50 resolutions on Ireland have been submitted to the Labour Party conference in The withdrawal bipartisanship on Ireland.
Altogether there are four times as many resolutions were submitted last year the rapidly growing feeling within the rank and file of the Labour Party that Ireland should be an issue in British politics.
Many resolutions are based the model circulated by Labour Committee Among demands is a call for ending of the Loyalist right to vero ary bonlical seLLIci ment in Ireland.
Contrary to the clear reelng in une consuluen ecutive to produce a policy in Ireland has come out in favour of such a veto.
It has recommended to the NEC that a North oi Ireland referendum would Have loves towards Irish unit pprov any the in-built Loyalist majority in the North of Ireland — a maartificially would mean there would be no prospect of such unity.
The study group's proposals were due to be debated by the NEC as Socialist Challenge went to press. ine leadership support the study group's last minute decision back Loyalist veto they will face opposition should they try and sell that line to the party conference.
But if nothing else, it is obvious that serious debate on is well underway in the Labour Party.' That is one victory for the Labour Committee on Ireland.
The next one would be to win the conference to support for a commitment Incontera withdrawal.
Socialist Challenge 23 July 1981 Thatcher and the White House, thern Ireland and the prisoners'. attitude to her intransigent stance to fall Gerald's several premier Lority of majority direct talks strikers. iS Quoting a LOC obbying effort ever seen will from this country'.
tor direct talks with The Irish pet in Ireland lasted.
This effectively tional Cross. beneved there could be no prisoners by the government. vast majority call for British and a break from Labour/Tory which' according to a spokesperson at 'dealt with NorThe euer was wdc y coorce to ocabic for Reagan to tell Thatcher to drop That has not been the limit of Fitzendeavours.
asked number on the British government to enter inhunger 'source close to the government' the Irish Times said the 'the and far beyond anything the British have ever had On Sunday Britain again rejected the chorus of international demands the DEsUliCIs.
Humphrey Atkins — Thatcher's pup.
declared he would not negotiate while the hunger strike ended the latest 'peace' intervention from the Interna They also as l have told Britain thai progress unless there were direct negotiations with the FitzGerald is now likely to take an increasingly nostue public against Thatcher, especially after the scenes outside the British Embassy in Dublin on Saturday when there casmes Derween demonstrators and the Irish police The scene in Dublin after Irish police had attacked H Block demonstrators Wing calling out the army to protect the stance Embassy from the wrath of the Irish people is due to take place there next Saturwere day Block arm tactics against sul aluls will strength when another demonstratior But FitzGerald knows that strong Block demon- make seCure own government. Because of the growing OI feeling in the : South of • ne aesper ately needs an H Block solution Otherwise the H Blocks on the one hand and Thatcher on the other will This premiership one of the snortest in irisa mistory
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