11 March 2022
| James Connolly
"The Labour Party in Parliament tries to surmount this difficulty by, so to speak, establishing Home Rule in its relation with Ireland. Thus if a trades body in Ireland writes to the Labour Party asking that a certain question be raised in Parliament, the answer generally is that the question has been turned over to the Irish Party... As a result of these 'pleasant relations', there was no one in the House to fight for the inclusion of Ireland in the Meals for Necessitous School Children Act..."