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UK opposed Clinton's call for UN push against Gaddafi, records show

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UK opposed Clinton’s call for UN push against Gaddafi, records show
Wed, 30 December 2020
Britain opposed a bid by US president Bill Clinton to expand UN sanctions on Libya under dictator Muammar Gaddafi, while seeking to extradite the Lockerbie bombers, previously secret government papers showed on December 30.
Cabinet Office correspondence, released by the National Archives covering the years 1995 and 1996, showed the UK was concerned at the possible impact of expanded Security Council sanctions on Britain’s $230 million annual exports to Libya, especially of oil-producing equipment.
The prime minister at the time, John Major, wrote to Clinton in late 1995 dissuading him from a new resolution, after the US leader had appealed for Britain’s support. ....

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Extent of British discomfort at commemorating Irish Famine revealed

Extent of British discomfort at commemorating Irish Famine revealed
John Major said 1996 service would look like an apology and offend unionists, files show
Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 00:05
Éamon Phoenix, Mark Devenport
Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, in 1850. Photograph: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images

The extent of British government discomfort at commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine is revealed in previously confidential files released today in Belfast.
Senior British officials regarded a decision by then minister of state Avril Doyle to press ahead with a concert in Liverpool in 1996 as “very awkward”.
Confirmation that the concert was going ahead came after ....

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