Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 07:31:00 +0100
From: Chris Burford <cburford-AT-gn.apc.org>
Subject: Re: M-G: Re: IRA statement on Peace Talks released


At 10:36 PM 4/30/98 +0100, Liam Grogan wrote:
>It is a lie for bertie Ahern to suggest that one gain for concession for
>Irish Nationalists is thatr Britain is 'now out of the equation'.  He meant
>by this that they accept the unity by consent formula ie if a  majority in
>the north of ireland wish for a united ireland then this will happen.  But
>this isn't anything new.  This 'concession' was already won in the Northern
>Ireland Constitution Act 1973 and also in the Anglo-Irish Agreement of
>1985.  For the Irish PM to sell this off as a victory is disingenuous to
>say the least.
>Liam


Surely,

And British imperialism will not exactly be out of the equation.

Every politician will be presenting their views on the peace agreement in
as plausible a way as possible. 

Chris Burford





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