Playboy Interview: Bernadette Devlin

Playboy Interview: Bernadette DevlinOn April 22, 1969, a young girl stood before the British House of Commons to deliver her first speech as a Member of Parliament. "I understand that by making my maiden speech on the day of my arrival, I am flouting the unwritten tradition of this House," Bernadette Devlin told the surprised M. P.s. "But the situation of my people, I think, merits flouting such a tradition." She then launched into a bitter but lyrical denunciation of British...