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