Gow on Anglo-Irish Agreement

Title

Gow on Anglo-Irish Agreement

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

5 Dec 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:13:06

Description

Conservative MP Ian Gow discusses Northern Ireland and the gaffe made by Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King (who declared that the Irish Prime Minister knew the Anglo-Irish Agreement would never create peace in Ireland when he signed it). Gow resigned his ministerial post over the Hillsborough Pact, despite being one of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s supporters. Tom King apologises in the House of Commons. The interviewers are Douglas Cameron and Peter Deeley.

Contributors

Tom King; Douglas Cameron; Peter Deeley; Ian Gow

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Ireland; Conservative Party; IRA; Conflict resolution; Unionism (Irish politics); Anglo-Irish Agreement; Garret FitzGerald; Peter King

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