Fall of the Berlin Wall (Triumph of Whitelaw)

The Fall of the Berlin Wall was a political event that occured on the 9th of November 1989. After a miscommunication between the East German Government and their supjects many headed to the wall, beliving it was open and the border police were overwhelmed. Many started to cross through the checkpoints with no stamps being stamped and soon the wall was being tore down. A summit was held at Malta between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H W Bush over Reunification of Germany.

United Kingdom Responce
Prime Minister Paddy Ashdown met with his cabinate over the Reunification and with only some of his ministers objecting, he came to the conclusion that Britain should support the Reunification of Germany. Opposition leader John Redwood stated 'German Reunification could pose a undenyable threat to our security as a nation, we do not want to give Germany any chance at becoming a power and endangering our and other European countries".