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inst the Tories.

Iress is: porting 'troops out' went in for this year's Labour Party conference. The trade union block-vote beat them down, but from all evidence the majority of constituency Labour activists now support a solution based on British withdrawal and a united Ireland.

Back in 1976, when a Labour government withdrew political status, there was hardly any protest from the ranks of the labour movement. In September 1976, the Republican prisoners denied political status began the 'blanket protest' They refused to wear prison uniform, and in retaliation they were denied clothing, exercise, free association, books, remission and normal rights to letters and visits.

No response The labour movement still remained passive. Britain was deaf to the prisoners' protest. In the face of increased harassment from