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

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

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

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.

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.

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

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.