`."System- "Systemegl<-"System--@Times New Roman--- :2 q`cBritish Labour Party conference         2 qic  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- z2 `JcAt the British Labour Party conference, a motion is put forward by Sidney                      &2 `cWebb in favour of      2 cself  2 c- _2 8cdetermination for Ireland. Emanuel Shinwell asks for a               /2 `cclear definition of self       2 c- _2 8cdetermination. Labour Party leader, J. H. Thomas, said             2 `Scthat it did not mean that the Irish people had a right to the establishment of an                       &2 `cIrish Republic.      2 c    2 #`c  --- 2 ?`cComment    2 ?c  --- O2 ``-cThis would seem to be a very odd type of self             2 `c-  2 `cdetermination     2 `=c   2 `Gc   2 `Lcit would seem     s2 u`Ecthat Thomas was saying to the Irish people You can have any type of                    2 `Ncgovernment you want as long as it is not one we do not like. Also, as Boyce                  12 `cpoints out, what Thomas s       Y2 44caid was despite the fact that the [British] labour              }2 `Lcmovement was an earnest and enthusiastic supporter of those European states                    |2 `Kcwhich after the First World War were clamouring for the application of the                     &2 `cprinciple of self      2 c- >2 "cdetermination . It is not clear       2 c  /2 cif Thomas wanted to put         F2 `'csimilar limits on the principle of self         2 yc- I2 )cdetermination on any of the other states            +2 `cseeking independence.        2 c  @"Calibri---  2 (`c  --- c2 H`cBack    2 Hc @Times New Roman---c- @ !*J`- "Arial--ccbbaa