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16: Tony Blair: Taking insults, swallowing pride, and negotiating with both sides

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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David Trimble's Decision to Go With It

David Trimble had to pull Republicanism away from a position that said, you can never trust the Brits or Unionists. Gerry Adams and Martin McInnes were having to show they weren't selling out their more radical supporters. Alistair Campbell: "I'm struck rereading it how he had to make some very cunning, difficult political decisions"

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