Great Britain · Politics / Unionist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Opposes the Sunningdale Agreement, which sought to rework relationships between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, providing for a power-sharing executive (government) involving both communities in Northern Ireland
Paisley opposes the controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic on a legal but not constitutional level, controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Sunningdale collapses following the Ulster Workers Council Strike, which cut water and electricity supplies to many homes. Paisley opposes the 1972 suspension by the British Government of Edward Heath of the Northern Ireland Parliament and Government.
Leads a deputation of the Ulster Workers Council to wishing to destroy the agreement
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