24th March 2023: 12.30pm
How not to run a Border Poll: Lessons from GFA 1998, via IndyRef1 and Brexit
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement Referendum is lauded as an exemplar of a post-conflict settlement plebiscite — but was it really?
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The question was unintelligible, the six-week timescale impossibly tight, there were no campaign finance controls and no Electoral Commission regulation. We would now regard these omissions as fundamental flaws!
With Quintin Oliver (referendum specialist, activist and commentator) and Emma DeSouza (writer, campaigner and peacebuilder). Chaired by Mark Devenport (former BBC NI Political Editor).
date & time
Fri. 24th March
12.30pm
Duration: 1 hour
location
Boardroom,
Crescent Arts Centre, University Rd.
