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Title Interview with David Trimble by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 6 May 2001
Date 06 May 2001
Description Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the UUP, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 6 May 2001. One year earlier the IRA issued a statement declaring its commitment to begin decommissioning. This was met with cautious optimism by David Trimble who received the backing of the Ulster Unionist Council later that month to re-enter power-sharing government with Sinn Fein. In this interview Trimble discusses the lack of substantive progress on the decommissioning issue one year after these events. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast 06 May 2001
Name of First Interviewee David Trimble
Role at time of Interview First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the UUP
Interviewer David Frost
Purpose News
Media Transcript
Copyright © BBC Breakfast with Frost
Link Click here
Programme/Book/Article BBC Breakfast with Frost
Time Period covered 1972 - 2001
Key Individuals David Trimble, Jeffrey Donaldson, Martin McGuinness
Key Words UUP, Sinn Féin, IRA, decommissioning, SDLP, election, DUP, Bloody Sunday
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