of Ireland in Labour's election manifesto.
years.
burial grant to a more realistic level'.
Apart from that pledge of future for relatives of victims Britain's presence in the North of Ireland, the manifestos of all the major parties do no more than offer an replay of the consensus repression which has played out for the last ten years.
*There is an ssential role for the army ir protecting the people Northern Ireland' For the Tories, the courage, Security Forces' will be given 'the highest priority"
As for the Liberals, "there must be no capitulation to violence' and they mean the violence of British Army.
The violence of that army is denounced in the manifesto of the Communist Party. THERE IS a real goodie for the people of the North It has not yet attracted the attention it deserves, but if it is implemented a couple of thousand people in the North of Ireland will be better off in the next few For tucked away rather modestly on page 15 of the manifesto is Labour's promise that it will 'raise the condemn the terrorist acts of the Army of sentence.
A further five-word condemnation is given to Loyalist action paramilitary groups'. But the -ОП body the been condemnation, 23 words in all, is reserved for the target of the other manifestos: also condemn bombing campaign of Provisional IRA. and injures innocent and plays into the hands of reaction.
The logic of this argument is simple. If the IRA 'plays into the hand of reaction, then doesn't this don't words of the Tory manifesto, the that the North future still depends on the defeat of terrorism and the restoranon or law and oract! wye Or put it another way. It, in and 12-word the words of the Communist Party's manifesto, should ensure a solution in Northern Ireland', then surely it collective Labour's promise that direct rule remains the only viable alternative. Any change can be made only with the consent of the people Ireland. We will work to make orne which kills more people democratic Or the Tories' promise that *we shall maintain the union of Great Ireland in accordance with the wish of the majority in the Province.
The key word is democof Ireland's racy", the key concept is "democrane nguts ance is that it will accept the recommendations of the Bennett Committee, and we will