The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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By any standard Good Friday 1998 was one of the most memorable days of my professional and personal life. At the time I was Head of Political Affairs Division in the Northern Ireland Office. My involvement for more than six years in the complex process that led to the Belfast Agreement had given me grounds for optimism. But my firm belief that a deal would be struck originated much earlier, almost a quarter of a century earlier in fact, when I served as Assistant Private Secretary to the f…
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