Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

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

I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

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.

The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.