Boris Johnson urged ‘hard egg’ approach to NI peace process, papers reveal

Declassified documents suggest Johnson believed in 1996 that Britain could crush the IRA

Boris Johnson urged a hard egg" approach to the Northern Ireland peace process in 1996 in the belief Britain could crush the IRA, according to declassified documents.

The then deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph favoured a security-led policy over political talks that led two years later to the Good Friday agreement.