Transcript of an interview with Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, by Graham Spencer for Irish Political Studies in 2008. In March of that year Powell published his memoir 'Great Hatred, Little Room: making peace in Northern Ireland'. In this in-depth interview he discusses the negotiating tactics and strategies of Tony Blair's administration on Northern Ireland. Irish Political Studies is a quarterly published peer-reviewed academic journal on politics in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: August 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Jonathan Powell
Role at time of Interview: Former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Interviewer: Graham Spencer
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Spencer, G.
Link: Read the full transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Irish Political Studies, Volume 25, Issue 3 September 2010 , pages 437 - 455
Time Period covered: 1997-2007
Key Individuals: Jonathan Powell, John Major, Tony Blair, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Ian Paisley, Nigel Dodds, Peter Robinson, Bertie Ahern, Bill Clinton, Tom Kelly, John Hume
Key Words: British government, IRA ceasefire, Canary Wharf bombing, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, decommissioning, UUP, Sinn Féin, DUP, Hillsborough talks, Belfast Harbour speech, Balmoral speech, demilitarisation, media, PSNI, emblem, language, European Union