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Interview with Mo Mowlam by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 1 March 1998

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Transcript of an interview with Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 1 March 1998. On 20 February Sinn Fein had been excluded from the ongoing multi-party talks for seventeen days as a consequence of perceived IRA links to two killings in Belfast on 9 and 10 February. The UDP had been similarly expelled from the talks in January following UFF/UDA involvement in earlier Belfast killings, possible re-entry dependent on the maintenance of the UFF ceasefire. Mowlam discusses the potential implications of Sinn Fein's exclusion from the talks. On the Record was BBC's flagship political programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 1 March 1998

Name of First Interviewee: Mo Mowlam

Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Interviewer: John Humphrys

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC On the Record

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC On the Record

Time Period covered: 1998

Key Individuals: Mo Mowlam, Robert Dougan, Brendan Campbell, Gerry Adams, Ian Paisley, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, George Mitchell, Jacques Santer

Key Words: Sinn Féin, IRA, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, referendum, UDP, DUP, UKUP, SDLP, UUP, European Union, Parades Commission

 

 

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