have a fight to make their points to the doctorate, to hire privare halls, and to srand in elections'. Bravo! But the NF leaders, on of reasoned argument. They do nor allow everyone into the argument. They proceed "ike electric shocks" to move neople by irational appeals, and they exclude fram the argument anyone with a black skin (or, in the case of Marlin Walker's chum Paliter. anyone of "Levantine" birth as well). They do nor want a society where argument and reason prevail. They want the Paul Foor's review of Martin Waiker's book lisherd in the July isme of Books and Bookmen(sic]. This journal is Hire unk any the Circies. thar the arricie vaitable zo be left to a specialis magozine: We ure therg/one pur linking i2 as was First puntanti-fascist a service to FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 18010159E0810U0T Kos CHEnail anka LUNCH TROTSKYISN AND REVOLUTION DINNER
of Ireland as the background.
For the raling class, it is the symbolism of the visit that is mportant. The Queen's writ still uma the ting still thes; even it it doein't Dy in West Belfast and be Queen declines to visit Cross ma ten Most ol 8: 8 8 symbol hat the north castern counties (Ireland are still British.
What makes the visit particuflies to represent a British aate in which a Labour Govertment is in office.
nothing particularly Labour 1180007924382 Ireland. It was a Labour Govern of Labour 1125TC then, but per tipse he bee ce then, but perhaps the eription of what those troops indicated in com be at we are going the words and we are getting them i OF the the Grand Unionist MP Master of ouncil of the World. So th *we" in question is obvious.
OBSCENITY Since 1959 the Labour Ches or be more has F tent 'polic bed such a level of abscenit ut even evin McNamara -sence of British accused the Dovernment of having sold out in principles an or are reason for McNamara's purburst was the Government's decision to investigate creasing the number of seats This week Her Majesty paid a one-day visit to the North part of her jubilee celebrations. violence, conflict, demonstrations and bitterness which accompanied it were inevitable. GEOFF BELL examines Northern Ireland has at Westminster are Powell's game, *said McNamara *We are on the road to inte gration and not on the road to Pread people solve i rea lems.
McNamara's anger it under standable. As chairperson of the Labour Party backbeach committee on the North of Ireland he has for years put forward the ernment "reforming" the North of Ireland. Such notions are very the Labour cabinet that I tighten the link betwee bitain and Ireland, and wouic tants the six northern counties.
One of the reasons for thi surrender to Loyalism Coverament's precarious pos tion in Parliament. Il made a is that is return for their votes deal with the they could gain extra seats In this — as in the jubilee visi Labour confirms the pas practice of Brilish government und Ireland — using the situation ORTI squalid politica Warminter the backyard of Tied er to the puber main surrender demand of Powell and his Layal 1 Iriends — a massive increa n repression, This dates From 12 Loyalist strike last April, which if you believe British was a total flop. which in terms of incrensed "security" measures has been The RUC The from 5,500 to 7,700; the Uscer Defence Regiment from 5 to 8 full-time platoons; SAS tons have been sleppod ap'? th already formidable powers of nosingle-judge playing various offences have doubled.
Just to make sure there 1s no the Northern two wpeks ago Secretary of State Roy Mason announced plans 1o build new cell blacks in Lom an coticely new prison a Maghaberry, and a new Bellast. As Joan Maynard MP commented at the time: "Bailding THE CHIS CCT LO DoC Ba growth INTERNMENT The prisons are necessary for the unofficial in Rates. It works in two differer integration ways. Some prisoners are held on Demand for up to two years a hen, when the trial approach e charges are dre eve never been tried for an thing, bur they have been impri the Loyalist wo thirds of the accused appe in court wholly the strength of their awn con that they are, that most ne hat they are, that almos tably means convicton. %a the report comments: "Do ansWer suspects appear in courts with monotonous negularicy", and in cording chat "within two week f cach other recently, two m were taken to mental hospital ap, bat from intecrogation.' Almost inevitably the Labour Party is on the brink of produc ing an ideological framework for increased орега courts have been closed industry In Northern certainly which operThey them the tra around r principally people why ha Irish Question cherefore, the 19ch century.
butrageous and that too is straight our of the Loynlist camp.
It is contained in a Labour Party complete. research document produced at ine end of last year cottied the EVIDENCE modelled on the wg lations sheory', which support the right of Loyalists to rule as Not surprisingly.
COCERIDE over the view that even in the 'the Irish question bad little or nothing to do with even by Loyalist standards: "By 1906 the democ ratic revolution in Ireland was The evidence of the mounting mumber of prisoners who have "bonfessed the European Couri judgement on Bricals as tortur speaks volumes about the democratic revolution'. Bur the the Labour Government has em11 Auguet 1977 tacties lock, stock and barre fretand, in curation of h on today Britain sed, murdered und toriured Thar is wis what happened a Jreland to mark Her Majeng's TENNISH SPIES HANDOVER meni that occusionally still has the effrontery to call usef
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