Red Woekly hears from three Labourcandidates who while they may differ from us on the necessary solutions agree emphatically that the issue of Ireland is an important one in this eliction | birthingham JOHN LEE Handsworth! 1 profoundly disagree with what has basically been British policy in Ireland-that is the buttressing of the Protestant ascendancy.
"I don't think there can be any solution which does not include immediate British withdrawal-as immediate as immediate can be. The Irish people must have the right to self-determination, which can only come about through a united Ireland (Sheffield, JOAN MAYNARD Brightside) *I think the Irish question is very important. We talk about Chile, which is a long way away: but Ireland which is just across the water-we hope it will just go away. Well, of course it won't-it's of our own making-we've been there for about eight hundred years.
The Irish people are struggling against the same sort of people that we're struggling against. After all, the British soldiers are really there to protect the interests of British big business.