Tom King gaffe over Anglo-Irish accord
- Title
- Tom King gaffe over Anglo-Irish accord
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 4 Dec 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:03:49
- Description
- Report on the gaffe by Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King over the Anglo-Irish accord, signed by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald, by stating he does not believe the required consent of the people of Northern Ireland to a united Ireland will be forthcoming. Includes interviews with FitzGerald, who denounces the remarks as inaccurate and inappropriate, and Thatcher, who speaks in King’s support. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Garret FitzGerald
- Keywords
- Treaties; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; International politics; Republicanism; Peacebuilding; Constitutions; Tom King
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