Unionist leaders in 1985, including Ian Paisley of the DUP and Jim Molyneaux of the UUP, led the 'Ulster says no' campaign against 1985's Anglo-Irish Agreement. The support they hoped for in House of Commons votes never materialised – an echo of how little support there was for the DUP's position in this week's Stormont brake vote
ON November 26 1985 I had a chat with Jim Molyneaux, leader of the UUP. He was preparing for a debate in the Commons the following day and a vote which he described to me as the most important of his [...]
