Mr. Paul Murphy, MEP:

Thank you, Chairman, for the vigorous debate. I came in here expecting to be disagreed with, but it is better to engage with someone's arguments than dismiss them as an advocation of anarchy or propaganda. Some people tried to engage with the arguments and I will try to answer as many of the questions as I can.

The idea that I was advocating anarchy by having a picture of a disciplined general strike in Spain on 14 November, which was part of a Europe-wide general strike, is ridiculous.

It is both preposterous and a sign of how low the Labour Party or at least members of it are sinking that Deputy Eric Byrne should join in this ridiculing of protest.