Boris Johnson urged ‘hard egg’ approach to NI peace process, papers reveal
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#678V4)
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.
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