IRA censorship - Parliamentary debate
- Title
- IRA censorship - Parliamentary debate
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 19 Oct 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:04:04
- Description
- The British Government has banned IRA sympathisers - including legitimate political parties such as the Ulster Defence Association and Sinn Fein - from speaking on television or radio in Britain, and Sinn Fein MP, Gerry Adams has refused to take his seat in Parliament in protest. Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd has told the House of Commons that this ruling is vital and has denied that it amounts to censorship, but it has provoked a mixed response. Shadow Home Secretary, Roy Hattersley is critical, whilst Social and Liberal Democrat leader, Paddy Ashdown calls for an outright ban on terrorist organisations. Ulster Unionist security spokesman Ken Maginnis welcomes the action but deputy leader of the SDLP, Seamus Mallon says that Sinn Fein will use free speech as an election platform. Paul Rowley reports from Westminster.
- Contributors
- Roy Hattersley; Douglas Hurd; Paul Rowley; Paddy Ashdown; Ken Maginnis; Seamus Mallon
- Keywords
- Government; Terrorism; Great Britain; Television; IRA; Censorship; Political parties; Broadcasting; Sinn Fein; Mass media; Radio; Gerry Adams
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 560 times.