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Interview with Jeffrey Donaldson by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 1 July 2001

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Transcript of an interview with Jeffrey Donaldson, UUP MP for Lagan Valley, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 1 July 2001. On that date David Trimble resigned as First Minister of Northern Ireland on account of insufficient progress made on the decommissioning issue. Amid heightened community tensions surrounding Drumcree and parading, Donaldson emphasises the significance of Trimble's position on the decommissioning issue for the long-term future of the peace process. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 01 July 2001

Name of First Interviewee: Jeffrey Donaldson

Role at time of Interview: UUP MP for Lagan Valley

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: 1998 - 2001

Key Individuals: Jeffrey Donaldson, David Trimble, Seamus Mallon, Reg Empey

Key Words: UUP, IRA, Sinn Féin, devolution, decommissioning

 

 

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