British government wants freedom to commit crimes including murder, ‘worse than Pinochet’
The government’s aim is to remove all legal liability for serious crimes, including murder, committed by the army and other British state forces.
Ireland
Oppose Tory attacks upon Northern Ireland Protocol and Good Friday Agreement
The Tories are seeking to overturn the NI Protocol and are making proposals to the EU that have already been rejected in the past negotiations. A complete disavowal by Labour of the government’s approach is necessary, but has not been forthcoming.
Boris Johnson wants to rip up NI Protocol, undermining Good Friday Agreement – Keir Starmer is helping him
Despite the Labour Party laying claim to the GFA as one of its greatest modern achievements, Keir Starmer and his front bench are acting in concert with the Tories and threatening to undermine both peace and progress in Ireland.
The British government is responsible for the renewed turmoil in Ireland
The fundamental reason for the turmoil in the north of Ireland and in the main party of Unionism is the outcome of Brexit and the NI Protocol which was part of it. These change the relationship with Britain – the north of Ireland is effectively in the same customs and trade bloc with the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the EU, while there is now a customs border between Britain and Ireland as a whole.
British government provokes and encourages Loyalist rioting – Irish Republicans blamed
The Unionist and Loyalist communities have been misled by their own parties and lied to so as to serve Tory Party ambitions. The sectarian and supremacist ideology of those communities is under threat from the closer trade relationship with the Irish Republic that is a consequence of a Hard Brexit.
The campaign for justice for Pat Finucane and many more will go on
The British government has announced that it will not call a public inquiry into the assassination of Pat Finucane.
The facts of the case and many more like it are well known; British security forces in Ireland established, armed, staffed and funded Loyalist death squads.