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David Trimble told by Tony Blair to ‘get lost’ over timing of border poll, records show
Former UUP leader David Trimble was effectively told by Tony Blair to "get lost" over the timing of a border poll, according ...
Blair’s government took seriously ‘republican’ threat to poison England’s water supplies
Sir Tony Blair’s government took seriously an apparent “republican” threat to poison England’s water supplies, records show ...
Irish Independent on MSN1h
David Trimble wanted 2002 border poll, but Tony Blair told him to ‘get lost’
David Trimble’s campaign for a ‘divisive’ 2002 border poll were bluntly dismissed by British prime minister Tony Blair, secret files revealed.Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the ...
Tony Blair's gaffe to nationalists after Ireland's World Cup exit revealed in unsealed documents
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was said to be gutted after the gaffe, which is detailed in newly unsealed documents from ...
Commander of British troops in NI called Blair’s government ‘cynical’ over Bloody Sunday inquiry, papers reveal
Gen Sir Rupert Smith expressed ‘trenchant opposition’ to Saville probe, which he said was designed to scapegoat soldiers ‘yet ...
Independent.ie1d
Tony Blair suggested nationalists in the North may back England in 2002 World Cup after Ireland went out
Former British prime minister Tony Blair once suggested that ­nationalists in Northern Ireland may support England in the ...
PA Media on MSN1d
Blair asked if Irish nationalists would support England in World Cup
Tony Blair once suggested that nationalists in Northern Ireland could support England in the World Cup after Ireland was ...
Will this year’s Boxing Day meets be the last?
Last year, on a bitter November day, I went hunting in the Home Counties. What I was left with, as well as a cold that lasted ...
Starmer ‘doesn’t have a feel for politics’ or the Labour Party, Diane Abbott says
Sir Keir Starmer has no feel for politics or the Labour Party, Diane Abbott has said. The veteran left-winger has said the ...
Tony Blair tried to steer speech for Gerry Adams on IRA disarmament
Tony Blair attempted to amend a Gerry Adams statement on IRA disarmament, newly unsealed documents show. On April 27 2003, ...
London Evening Standard1d
Bloody Sunday inquiry was ‘cynical political move’, NI general claimed
The top British soldier in Northern Ireland accused Tony Blair’s government of a “cynical political move” for establishing a new inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday, according to newly ...
Trimble told by Blair to ‘get lost’ over timing of border poll, records show
The records from the National Archives in Dublin show that the SDLP and the Irish government were heavily against the idea.