Audio interview with Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, by Nick Watt for the Guardian in March 2008. Earlier that month Powell released his memoir ‘Great Hatred, Little Room: making peace in Northern Ireland’. In this interview he discusses the negotiations which led to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and assesses Peter Mandelson’s role as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. This is the third of a three part interview. The Guardian is a leading British daily newspaper.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 19 March 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Jonathan Powell
Role at time of Interview: Former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Interviewer: Nick Watt
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: (c) Guardian News & Media Ltd
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: The Guardian
Time Period covered: 1998-2001
Key Individuals: Jonathan Powell, David Trimble, John Holmes, Tony Blair, David Trimble, Peter Mandelson, Mo Mowlam
Key Words: British government, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, decommissioning, UUP, Sinn Fein, media