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Interview with Willie Thompson for the BBC on 11 April 1998

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Audio interview with Willie Thompson, UUP MP for West Tyrone, by the BBC on 11 April 1998. Thompson is interviewed one day after the signing of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. He sets out his opposition to the Agreement and discusses the position of the unionist community within the United Kingdom. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 April 1998

Name of First Interviewee: Willie Thompson

Role at time of Interview: UUP MP for West Tyrone

Interviewer: Unknown

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart

Time Period covered: 1998

Key Individuals: Willie Thompson, Mo Mowlam

Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, unionist, democracy

 

 

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