British Secretary of State Mo Mowlam is considering pulling out of a public engagement on the advice of the NIO after the IRSP revealed that it intends to make an intervention at the event.

The IRSP learned that Mo Mowlam was due to address the Irish Studies faculty at the City of London University on March 28th. The NIO on learning of the IRSP's plans to make an intervention at the meeting have informed journalists that they are now reconsidering Mowlam's attendance at the meeting due to security reasons.

Mo Mowlam's address was to have been one of a series organised by the Irish Studies faculty. The IRSP in Britain have already attended and made interventions at meetings attended by the PUP's David Ervine and Official Unionist security spokesperson Ken McGuiness. At this time, no nationalist representatives have been asked to address the faculty to give a nationalist perspective on the "peace process."

In fact representatives of the Irish embassy in London were refused entry to the meeting attended by David Ervine.

IRSP Ard Comhairle Representative Paul Little said following a meeting at the weekend, "Mo Mowlam has consistentlyu refused to meet IRSP representatives like her predecessor Mayhew before her. The British government has used the spurious excuse of the fact that the INLA is not on cease-fire. This excuse is spurious because the British government has met with the political representatives of the UVF, UFF, and IRA long before any of these organisations called cease-fires.

"Most recently we had British Prime Minister Tony Blair congratulating UDP representatives on the steps of number 10 Downing Street whilst their armed wing, the UFF, was murdering Nationalists at will on the streets of Belfast.

"The truth of the matter is that Mo Mowlam wishes to address a carefully choreographed meeting in London with no dissenting voices or difficult questions to answer. The NIO may cite security reasons for her non-attendance, but the real reason is that the 'peace process' is a sham and will not stand up to public scrutiny."

In conclusion, Mr. Little said, "We challenge the British government to send their representative in Ireland to the meeting. The IRSP will be there, armed only with our political analysis of the current pacification process. Our political analysis that the current process is a sham and little more than a weapon in the British arsenal to copper fasten partition and extend British influence in Ireland stands up to public scrutiny.