Tom King Anglo-Irish accord gaffe
- Title
- Tom King Anglo-Irish accord gaffe
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 4 Dec 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:01:38
- Description
- Interview with Harold McCusker, deputy leader of the Ulster Unionists, on the gaffe made 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. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Harold McCusker
- Keywords
- Treaties; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; International politics; Republicanism; Peacebuilding; Unionism (Irish politics); Constitutions; Tom King; Garret FitzGerald
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