Sir, - In East Timor, 79 per cent of the referendum voters favoured independence. I feel sure that Bob McCartney, Ian Paisley, John Taylor and others in their parties would be to the fore among those who agree that the democratic outcome should prevail there.
Someone should remind these gentlemen that in the Northern Ireland referendum 75 per cent of voters opted for peace. - Yours, etc.,
J. Roycroft, St Brendan's Drive, Dublin 5.