ROBERT ARMSTRONG’S RECORD

THE 1,700-word obituary of Lord Robert Armstrong, published in the Irish Times last weekend, omitted a few interesting details. As principal private secretary to prime ministers Ted Heath from 1970 and then Harold Wilson until 1975, Armstrong was intimately involved with the British government’s response to the Troubles in the north from the start. He… Read more »

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