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Paddy Ashdown’s plan to redesign Parliament

Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown wanted to redesign the House of Commons as a symbol of his party’s joint reform agenda with New Labour, according to newly-released official papers. Files released by the National Archives show Mr Ashdown was ...

30 Dec 2021 at 14:25

Blair blocked race equality strategy following Stephen Lawrence report

Tony Blair blocked proposals for an ambitious race equality strategy following the inquiry report into the racist killing of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence in south-east London in 1993, according to newly released government papers. The ...

30 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Number 10 hired US lawyers to advise on Monica Lewinsky scandal, files reveal

Downing Street secretly hired a US law firm to advise on how much trouble Bill Clinton was in over the Monica Lewinsky affair ahead of Tony Blair’s first visit to the White House, according to newly released official papers. Then prime ...

30 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Blair told Orangemen to end Drumcree stand-off after brothers’ firebomb deaths

Tony Blair told the head of the Orange Order to call for an immediate end to the Drumcree parading dispute hours after three young brothers were killed in a loyalist firebomb attack. The Prime Minister held talks with Grand Master ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Ireland

Civil servant suggested creation of ‘commonwealth of Ireland’

A senior civil servant suggested the creation of a “commonwealth of Ireland” as a new approach to solving difficult north-south relations, newly released archived papers have revealed. The idea was floated in September 1997, ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:55

Real IRA not ‘overly active’, Ahern told Blair two weeks before Omagh bomb

Bertie Ahern told Tony Blair two weeks before the Omagh bombing in August 1998 that the Real IRA did not seem to be “overly active”. In a telephone conversation between the two leaders on July 31, the taoiseach shared ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Police planning for Drumcree disorder sought chainsaw training

Police drawing up contingency plans to deal with serious disorder in Northern Ireland asked whether officers could use state-owned diggers to clear rioters’ blockades. Archive files from the Public Records Office of ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Personality note described Donaldson as ‘not devoid of charm’

A young Jeffrey Donaldson was described in 1997 as a “thoughtful individual, not devoid of personal charm”, in a briefing note prepared for a Government minister. The note, revealed in archived papers released by ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:55

Hague called for devolution referendum delay following Diana’s death

Tory leader William Hague urged Tony Blair to delay the referendum on Scottish devolution following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, according newly-released official papers. The vote, which led to the ...

30 Dec 2021 at 10:25

Ireland

‘I’m desperate for my holiday’: Documents reveal Blair and Ahern’s close ties

Confidential records of meetings and phone conversations between Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair reveal the close relationship the pair had before and after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The records from ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Blair felt peace deal referendums would end international acceptance of violence

Tony Blair predicted that referendums on the 1998 Good Friday Agreement would end the international perceptions that violence in Northern Ireland “had some justification”. The former prime minister’s ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:55

Hospital dealt with ‘busloads of injured’ after Omagh bombing

The moments when hospital staff were faced with “busloads of bleeding and injured men, women and children” in the immediate aftermath of the Omagh bombing have been described in newly released ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

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