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response has been very good.
School of Economics, issue of strip searches in Brixton prison.
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interested in the London-Dublin accord.
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two Sinn Fein councillors toured British colleges speaking on recent events in Ireland and the London-Dublin AcBRADY GERRY DOHERTY are elected members of Derry CiBoherty is also president of Magee collegen Both are ex-prisoners. Gerry The tour was organised by Labour Committee on Ireland student officer Conor The tour takes place in the run up to the British National Union of Students (NUS) conference and will end with a meeting betNUS president Phil Woolas. Hugh Brady is councillor for Marbeing held in Brixton prison.
He was refused permission to see her. Brady and Doherty explained to ANNE KANE how a dialogue on Ireland is beginning to shift Could you explain why this tour is taking place ar The tour is being done as an appeal from cue:: dent to other students. It is presenting a rebuthca!
It is taking place in the run up to NUS conference because we are asking NUS to adopt a by calling for the not have a polly on Ireland, since NUS policy has lapsed. It's important that they adopt a progressive policy of British withdrawal rather than return to their previous What would be the importance of such a policy It's important that any group in Britain adopt such a position. This is an issue that affects every studént in Ireland. Also the Union of Students of Ireland (USI) has similar motions going to its con ference on 5-6 April, just before NUS conference. There would obviously be a much strengthened basis for liaison and support if both had similar.
For NUS the change would be significant. With 1½ million members NUS is the biggest youth organisation in western Europe. It's considered a A shift by NUS would be a big reflection of a change in mood in Britain in favour of removing the British presence Where have you spoken, and what has the response Given the time of year, with terms just ending, the We've spoken at Manchester university, Leeds university, Londor , Queen Mary's College. We also had a meeting with Peter Archer, Labour Party spokesperson on the north of Ireland on the What are the main issues that have been raised at The main one has been the fear of a blood bath following British withdrawal. Secondly people are There is a difficulty in the lack of awareness of actual events. Tours like these, by allowing people to hear the republican side of the story may show ordinary British people how they've been conned Even trying to cut through the effects of daily doses of the Sun and the BBC in this way is difficult because of the use of the Act against republican supporters coming into Britain. If the authorities were coming, our travel arrangements, there is no way we would have got into It seems that people here are waiting to see what will come out of the accord. When nothing changes maybe then they'll start supporting real