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Kew Files: Jeffrey Donaldson secretly told governments he wasn't as hardline as they thought
Manage episode 502630209 series 3379610
Donaldson walked away from the Good Friday Agreement talks but formerly secret files show that he was far from a staunch hardliner, Hours before the deal was signed, the then Lagan Valley MP famously left Castle Buildings in protest at what the UUP was about to sign up to. Jeffrey Donaldson was the political hardliner – at least in public. But newly declassified documents reveal that in private – Donaldson was a very different politician – a moderate, a man with ambitions to lead unionism.
Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar with the story.
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689 episodes
Manage episode 502630209 series 3379610
Donaldson walked away from the Good Friday Agreement talks but formerly secret files show that he was far from a staunch hardliner, Hours before the deal was signed, the then Lagan Valley MP famously left Castle Buildings in protest at what the UUP was about to sign up to. Jeffrey Donaldson was the political hardliner – at least in public. But newly declassified documents reveal that in private – Donaldson was a very different politician – a moderate, a man with ambitions to lead unionism.
Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar with the story.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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