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Interview with Mo Mowlam by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 26 May 1996

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Transcript of an interview with Mo Mowlam, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 26 May 1996. On 24 January the Mitchell Report was published, setting out the six Mitchell Principles for a political party's entry into what became known as the Stormont talks beginning on 10 June. On 9 February the Provisional IRA ended their military ceasefire and detonated a bomb at London Canary Wharf killing two people and injuring others. Sinn Fein were subsequently excluded from the Stormont talks. In this interview Mowlam discusses the forthcoming negotiations and the Labour Party's Northern Ireland policies. On the Record was BBC's flagship political programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 26 May 1996

Name of First Interviewee: Mo Mowlam

Role at time of Interview: Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and British Labour MP for Redcar

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: 1985-1996

Key Individuals: Mo Mowlam, John Major, Tony Blair, George Mitchell, David Trimble, John Hume, Ian Paisley

Key Words: British government, Conservative Party, Mitchell Commission, Sinn Féin, SDLP, Stromont talks, IRA ceasefire, Mitchell Principles, Labour Party, partition, East-West relations, North-South relations

 

 

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