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Bertie Ahern and Michael McDowell remember how they had to ‘endure Jamie Oliver’s squid in ink for lunch’ in Downing Street during Belfast Agreement negotiations
Ex-ministers variously see it as professional and honest, sluggish and conservative
That night ‘was once of the most treasured memories of my years in office’ says former British prime minister
Leaked phone calls held up talks between John Major and John Bruton Peace talks: PM told that taoiseach was using conversations for his own political ends Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 00:02 Brian Hutton Taoiseach John Bruton and British prime minister John Major at Downing Street on November 28th, 1995. Photograph: Sean Dempsey/Pool/Reuters Former British prime minister John Major was “reluctant” to talk to then taoiseach John Bruton on the phone because their private conversa...