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Interview with John Reid by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 6 October 2002

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Transcript of an interview with John Reid, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 6 October 2002. Two days earlier Sinn Fein's offices at Stormont were raided by the PSNI and three men arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged republican spy ring. Reid discusses the potential impact of these developments on political confidence in the power-sharing Executive. Ten days later Reid suspended devolution in Northern Ireland and returned direct rule from Westminster. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 6 October 2002

Name of First Interviewee: John Reid

Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Interviewer: David Frost

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright ©: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period covered: 2002

Key Individuals: John Reid, Gerry Adams, Tony Blair, David McKittrick, Roy Hattersley

Key Words: PSNI, Sinn Fein, intelligence, spy ring, Columbia Three, Castlereagh break-in, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Mitchell principles, religion, loyalist paramilitary

 

 

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