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Interview with Alastair Campbell by JP O’Malley for The Spectator in October 2013

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Transcript of an interview with Alastair Campbell, former director of communications and strategy to Tony Blair, by JP O’Malley for The Spectator in October 2013. That month Campbell published his latest volume of diaries, ‘The Irish Diaries (1994-2003)’. In this interview he discusses his and Tony Blair’s approaches to negotiation in Northern Ireland with particular emphasis on the republican movement. The Spectator is a weekly magazine on British politics and current affairs.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 29 October 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Alastair Campbell

Role at time of Interview: Former director of communications and strategy to Tony Blair

Interviewer: JP O’Malley

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Transcript

Copyright:

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: The Spectator

Time Period covered: 1997-2013

Key Individuals: Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair, Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, Gerry Kelly, Martin Ferris, Jonathan Powell, Ken Maginnis, John Holmes

Key Words: British government, Labour Party, partition, Sinn Fein, media, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IRA, UDA, PUP

 

 

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