Quintin Oliver has worked in the Northern Ireland peace process as an NGO activist and latterly a political lobbyist. He ran the successful "YES" Campaign in the 1998 referendum on the Belfast Agreement. He now runs the political consultancy 'Stratagem', and an international referendum group 'Politicks'.

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Accord Issue 13: Public participation

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