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Interview with David Trimble by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 13 February 2000

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Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, designate First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the UUP, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 13 February 2000. On 11 February Peter Mandelson, then British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, suspended devolved government on the basis of unsatisfactory movement on the decommissioning issue. Trimble comments on the significance of this decision for the peace process and discusses his party's future relationship with Sinn Fein. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 February 2000

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

Role at time of Interview: Designate First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the UUP

Interviewer: David Frost

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, John de Chastelain, Bertie Ahern

Key Words: Suspension of devolution, decommissioning, De Chastelain report, UUP, IRA, Sinn Fein, Irish government, Mitchell review

 

 

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