An Ulster Unionist Internal Split

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An Ulster Unionist Internal Split

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Location

Stormont

Year

1965

Date

Production 19/05/1965

Length

02min 00sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

As the Unionist Party experiences internal unrest, government whip James Chichester-Clark makes a statement on the withdrawal of allegations by Dr Bob Nixon. Dr Nixon had made a series of allegations and the party was in some turmoil as a result of the ongoing disputes. Dr Nixon is seen arriving at Stormont. 

Notes

Dr Bob Nixon was a medical doctor and Ulster Unionist Party MP for North Down, elected in 1953. As a result of his allegations, including one that Unionist politicians had helped convince the Government of Northern Ireland to site the New University of Ulster in Coleraine, rather than their own city, he was suspended from the party. He resigned in 1969 and ran unsuccessfully as a independent unionist in 1970. 

James Chichester-Clark was Chief Government Whip at this time. MP for South Londonderry, he would go on to become Prime Minster of Northern Ireland from 1969-1971. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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