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