Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.

If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere.

British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of the cake will implement British policy and remain silent when Irish people are murdered and oppressed. It is they who are responsible for prolonging the war in Ireland. Without the quislings, without the collaborators, we would already have reached freedom.