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Except for viewers in Scotland.
by smackay 5y ago
Except for viewers in Scotland.
- VictorPath 5y agoOr when the Irish elected Sinn Féin MPs to parliament and the voices of the MPs were banned from the BBC.
- arprocter 5y agoThat wasn't BBC specific - it was a law for all UK media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_broa...
- Veen 5y agoThose Sinn Fein MPs also happened to occupy leadership positions in the IRA, a proscribed terrorist organisation responsible for assassinating several MPs, launching mortar attacks against Downing Street, blowing up a hotel the PM was staying in, and murdering numerous civilians in indiscriminate bombings.
- talideon 5y agoI would recommend you search for "Military Reaction Force" - the terrorism started with the British Army.