Most would welcome queen – where’s the proof?

HAVE your editorial writers read ‘1984’ and are they busy modelling themselves on the manipulators of truth in George Orwell’s dystopian novel?

Writing of the proposed visit by Queen Elizabeth to Ireland, you say (June, 26) it is claimed that ” ... the great majority of Irish people would welcome such a visit if only because the event would symbolise a strengthening of a relationship of equals”.

Where do your editorial writers get their information? I know of no poll which suggests “the great majority” would welcome a visit from the head of the House of Windsor.