David Trimble, who died yesterday afternoon at the age of 77, played a seminal role in forging the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 – becoming the first leader of Northern Ireland’s unionists to share power with Irish republicans. Trimble and John Hume of the SDLP, the then leader of northern constitutional nationalism, duly received the Nobel Peace Prize; Trimble thus became the last British politician to win that accolade.
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Dean Godson is Director of Policy Exchange and author of 'Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism' (HarperCollins, 2004)
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