Speakers the floor pointed out that if we already had a movement in Britain to withdraw from Ireland then it might make sense to start a discussion on how exactly that STOLE ve done. the moment it wasn't ter ribly useful. The other ord blem with Inez's view is that British governments have tried deal Ireland by buying off the Unionists many times that was how they got to be 'privileged' in the irst place.
The views of Matt Merrigan from the ATGWU were different. He agreed that the so-called bread and butter issues of wages and conditions do not lead to a breaking cown or Ine divisions Det ween workers. That he said. is the SITE tain and of the in Bri- Communist BriWorkers' Party in Ireland.
They think that if trade unionists ignore the issue of the division of Ireland as a country and concentrate problems Catholic and Protestant Assembly In Matt's view, a com mitment the Labour withdraw from Ireland should be followed stitutional Assembly that by a selang up ora cor would seek to involve people from all over Ireland to work out the wav Ireland should be says, that's not the it. of run socialists in Britain. There is a division of labour between militants in the two countries Socialists in Britain should concentrate their attention not on working out how Ireland is to be run that is a job for the Irish. The British, should concentrate on building a movement that will get a