Ulster Says No

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Ulster Says No was the name of a slogan, campaign and mass protest against perceived interference by the Republic of Ireland in the internal affairs of the United Kingdom, specifically that of Northern Ireland. It was led by Unionist leader Ian Paisley in the mid 1980s.[1]

After the signing of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, Unionist leaders stated that the agreement to allow a foreign government such privileges needed to be put before the people in a referendum.[citation needed] Republican party Sinn Féin also objected.[citation needed]

A rally, numbering an estimated two hundred thousand, protested the move at Belfast City Hall.[citation needed] Paisley and all the other Unionist MPs resigned from the British House of Commons in protest, but all bar one were subsequently re-elected in the resultant by-elections.

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  1. ^ History of Ireland, 1984-1993.
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