This is very true, and important context. One minor nit: the Sinn Fein revoicing was done by the BBC, but not for that reason. The government had required them

This is very true, and important context. One minor nit: the Sinn Fein revoicing was done by the BBC, but not for that reason. The government had required them not to broadcast SF and IRA 'propaganda' and the revoicing was a way to get around that ban. Thatcher was, apparently, livid.