Audio interview with Willie Thompson, UUP MP for West Tyrone, by the BBC on 11 April 1998. Thompson is interviewed one day after the signing of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. He sets out his opposition to the Agreement and discusses the position of the unionist community within the United Kingdom. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 April 1998
Name of First Interviewee: Willie Thompson
Role at time of Interview: UUP MP for West Tyrone
Interviewer: Unknown
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart
Time Period covered: 1998
Key Individuals: Willie Thompson, Mo Mowlam
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, unionist, democracy