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Interviews with Alex Maskey, John Cushnahan and Paul Bew by Anne Perkins for ITN on 12 May 1987

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Video interview with Alex Maskey (Sinn Fein election campaign manager), John Cushnahan (leader of the Alliance Party) and Paul Bew (Lecturer of Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast) by Anne Perkins for ITN on 12 May 1987. Ahead of the June 1987 general election, Maskey and Cushnahan discuss the electoral aims of their respective parties while Bew evaluates the overall potential of each party.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 May 1987

Name of First Interviewee: Alex Maskey

Name of Second Interviewee: John Cushnahan

Name of Third Interviewee: Paul Bew

Role at time of Interview: Alex Maskey (Sinn Fein election campaign manager), John Cushnahan (leader of the Alliance Party), Paul Bew (Lecturer in Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast)

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 1987

Key Individuals: Alex Maskey, John Cushnahan, Paul Bew

Key Words: Sinn Fein, Alliance Party, SDLP, Anglo-Irish Agreement, election, armalite and ballot box

 

 

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