I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity

In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.