Thatcher ‘switches off’ when Northern Ireland comes up - Irish diplomat, 1989
State papers: Document reveals officials were also worried about British prime minister’s tendency to ‘go over the top’ on other issues
British government feared ‘tabloid scandal’ if it released Birmingham Six
State papers: The six Irishmen were jailed for life in 1975 after being wrongfully convicted of the murders of 21 people in IRA bomb attacks on two pubs
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UK approved several chemical exports to Syria
Five export licences were approved for the sale of more than 4,000kg of sodium fluoride between 2004 and 2010
US, Britain and France already have military muscle near Syria
Generals gather for summit, just 100 miles from Damascus
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