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Goodman has been linked to a group of right-wing unionists responsible for the leaking of a draft Framework Document in the early stages of the Irish peace process. | Goodman has been linked to a group of right-wing unionists responsible for the leaking of a draft Framework Document in the early stages of the Irish peace process. | ||
| − | : Last night it was becoming clear that a caucus of fervent Loyalists under the umbrella of a Unionist study group is closely associated with the leaker. It is made up of PR man [[David Burnside]], D'Ancona himself; [[Dean Godson]], a Daily Telegraph staff reporter; [[Paul Goodman]], Northern Ireland correspondent on the Sunday Telegraph; [[Noel Malcolm]], a historian and Daily Telegraph political columnist; [[Andrew McHallam]], executive director of the [[Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies]]; [[Charles Moore]], editor of the Sunday Telegraph; [[Simon Pearce]], a Conservative election candidate; company director [[Justin Shaw]] and historian [[Andrew Roberts]]. One of the group said last night: 'We didn't want the position when the framework document was published of being out in the cold as we were over the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. There was a coming together of minds over what should be done.'<ref>Mail on Sunday (London)February 5, 1995, Top-level conspirator who'll never be found HISTORIAN: Roberts DIRECTOR: McHallam CONSERVATIVE: Pearce; HOW ULSTER LEAK PLOTTERS BEAT SECURITY TO PROTECT SECRET SOURCE OF LEAK, BYLINE: Adrian Lithgow, SECTION: Pg. 6 | + | : Last night it was becoming clear that a caucus of fervent Loyalists under the umbrella of a Unionist study group is closely associated with the leaker. It is made up of PR man [[David Burnside]], [[Matthew D'Ancona|D'Ancona]] himself; [[Dean Godson]], a Daily Telegraph staff reporter; [[Paul Goodman]], Northern Ireland correspondent on the Sunday Telegraph; [[Noel Malcolm]], a historian and Daily Telegraph political columnist; [[Andrew McHallam]], executive director of the [[Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies]]; [[Charles Moore]], editor of the Sunday Telegraph; [[Simon Pearce]], a Conservative election candidate; company director [[Justin Shaw]] and historian [[Andrew Roberts]]. One of the group said last night: 'We didn't want the position when the framework document was published of being out in the cold as we were over the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. There was a coming together of minds over what should be done.'<ref>Mail on Sunday (London)February 5, 1995, Top-level conspirator who'll never be found HISTORIAN: Roberts DIRECTOR: McHallam CONSERVATIVE: Pearce; HOW ULSTER LEAK PLOTTERS BEAT SECURITY TO PROTECT SECRET SOURCE OF LEAK, BYLINE: Adrian Lithgow, SECTION: Pg. 6 |
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Revision as of 09:32, 5 March 2008
Succeeded Ray Whitney as MP for Wycombe in 2001.[1]
Goodman has been linked to a group of right-wing unionists responsible for the leaking of a draft Framework Document in the early stages of the Irish peace process.
- Last night it was becoming clear that a caucus of fervent Loyalists under the umbrella of a Unionist study group is closely associated with the leaker. It is made up of PR man David Burnside, D'Ancona himself; Dean Godson, a Daily Telegraph staff reporter; Paul Goodman, Northern Ireland correspondent on the Sunday Telegraph; Noel Malcolm, a historian and Daily Telegraph political columnist; Andrew McHallam, executive director of the Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies; Charles Moore, editor of the Sunday Telegraph; Simon Pearce, a Conservative election candidate; company director Justin Shaw and historian Andrew Roberts. One of the group said last night: 'We didn't want the position when the framework document was published of being out in the cold as we were over the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. There was a coming together of minds over what should be done.'[2]
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- ↑ Wycombe, Aristotle - guardian.co.uk politics, accessed 4 March 2008.
- ↑ Mail on Sunday (London)February 5, 1995, Top-level conspirator who'll never be found HISTORIAN: Roberts DIRECTOR: McHallam CONSERVATIVE: Pearce; HOW ULSTER LEAK PLOTTERS BEAT SECURITY TO PROTECT SECRET SOURCE OF LEAK, BYLINE: Adrian Lithgow, SECTION: Pg. 6
