The former priest who played a key role in the peace process reflects on the backchannel that enabled dialogue between the IRA and the UK government
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Some of Bruton’s admirers think his role in the peace process has been unduly neglected
Having helped pave the way for the Downing Street Declaration and peace in Northern Ireland, the former Labour leader is wary of being seen to preach to generations with no memory of the Troubles
The Joint Declaration has often been taken for granted in the 30 years since, but it was arguably more significant than the Belfast Agreement that followed
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Northern secretary who declared Britain had no ‘strategic or economic interest’ in NI was forced to resign after ‘Late Late Show’ song
Political theatre helped to disguise the fact that the Belfast Agreement was a conjuring act to wipe the memory that most of it had already been agreed long ago
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