As Unionist protests against the signing of the
Anglo-Irish Agreement entered a second year, DUP leader and Member of the
European Parliament, Ian Paisley, escalated his campaign to a much wider
audience.
This report for Good Evening Ulster opens with British
prime minister Margaret Thatcher beginning an address to the European
Parliament at Strasbourg, only to be interrupted almost immediately by Mr
Paisley, who hands her a letter demanding a referendum on the Agreement. He
goes on to unfold an 'Ulster Says No' poster and to denounce her as a traitor.
Paisley was
restrained by officials and eventually ejected from the chamber, but his
protest would have been screened throughout Europe on news bulletins.