AFTER the previous day's massive military exercise at Heathrow airport, Sinn Fein MP Gerry Adams flew to London on Tuesday morning. Newsreports claimed that the heavily armed soldiers and tanks at Heathrow were to guard against a possible attack by the Armenian Secret Army.
military occupation of the North of Ireland and the fact that Adams, although now an MP, is far from welcome by the Tory government and its allies.
The last time Adams visited London on behalf of the IRA for secret WILE William he was invited by ken Liv Whitelaw When ingstone and others last December he was excluded the Prevention of 1 CHOusI HCl Elected Sinn Fein's *other representatives, McGuiness Danny Morrison, are still this repressive legislation.
The visit has outraged the Tories and their press on the one hand denouncing visiting London and dar-ing to talk to MP's in the house of Commons -on ine demanding that he takes his seat in the MP' Answer Adam's answer on ar'I don't know why there should be objecIly London when the Irish xeople have to suffer 30,000 fully armed British troops in their midst'.
After meeting with Tony Benn counBut it brought home the reality of Britain's cillors from the GLC and Inner Authority Labour group, conference in County Pass WHERE DID 1500 police turn out last week to meet only 400-500 demonstrators? No it wasn't to prevent un angry insurrecuon aner ine announcement of MPs pay rises. with Joe Austin of Sinn Fein.
By Piers Mostyn™ Adams said the purpose of his visit was to, open up a dialogue with the British people their representatives, to try and offset and penetrate the wall of disinformation that the government has thrown up.
"We will continue until the Irish people as a nafascists returning to Tottenham A few days later, an old fascist named Albert Marriner, who attended the meeting, died of a heart attack.
The NF claiming that he was killed by 'communists and black power groups' and have formed the Albert Marriner Committee for a tional unit can realise their right to national selfdeternation alle the British people can for the tirst time in centuries commence to build a meaning. ful relationship with us Explaining would be taking his seat in the House of Com, he said; 'The British parliament is a parliament for — it is Britain's national legislature. In relaIrelana il 1S foreign parliament. u trouer mo on noorne cors were mere lo oroiec the Wellcome Research Laboratories in Beckenham, south London, from animal rights demonstrators! a wreath in honour of their 'martyr' The NF have called a national and international mobilisation for the event. Martin Webster, addressing over Loyalist fascists in Coleraine, in the North of Ireland, invited them to 'a riot in Tottenham'.
'It was elected on the basis of not taking up the don't expect any British MP would consider taking a seat in the parliament of Holland?' Interests And he added, 'The governs Ireland against the Interests ol irelana, but in the interests of the British assemble at Tottenham Hale tube station 2pm on Saturday.
An ad-hoc organising committee has been established by local black and labour movement organisations to oppose the NF's attempt to return to Tottenham.
All anti-racists should publicise support ruling class We don't have to take u• seats lo open necessary dialogue that He emphasised plight .of Irish prisoners in Britain.
"The British Trish pris alas as ta ded SUDESURCS ferent category to ordinary We believe Irish prisoners here should be repatriated on demand. Soldiers "British solaler.
ed for rape, theft and so e. We also want an end revalualco DaCK here.
solitary and the prison regime. All hears oy erish people? issues very close He added that many of the Irish prisoners in angland are being recognised as innocent because the Mature of evidence they were conOptimum Finally, when asked how a withdrawal move ment might be bult in this country he replied, 'We belleve that the optimum situation is one where the British people accept that this long war, the division between Protestant Canoe between North and South, has got to end sibility tor endine resta sibility for ending it. very slow process.
"The Irish people have I mm What the British government is doing is wrong. Regardless what motivation behind people who want to change support them.' that, WC would