Title | Interview with Tony Blair by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 24 September 2000 |
Date | 24 September 2000 |
Description | Transcript of an interview with Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 24 September 2000. On 9 September 1999 the Patten Report was published containing 175 recommendations for the reform of policing in Northern Ireland including the renaming of the existing police force, the removal of most visible symbols of British identity and an equally proportionate recruitment policy for Catholics and Protestants. In this interview Blair discusses the difficulties of implementing these proposals and the growing power struggle within unionism. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme. |
Date of Release/Broadcast | 24 September 2000 |
Name of First Interviewee | Tony Blair |
Role at time of Interview | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Labour Party |
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 | 2000 |
Key Individuals | Tony Blair, Mo Mowlam, David Trimble, Gerry Adams, Chris Patten, Ian Paisley |
Key Words | UUP, election, Patten report, policing, RUC, power-sharing, dissident, youth, DUP |
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