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DUPes speaking with two heads?

Fri 24 November 2006, 10:22pm

Michael Stone’s bungled assassination attempt apart, the news from Stormont today included a seemingly contradictory response from the DUP to the ‘other’ business being conducted at Stormont. Following on from the ‘Nomination’ process in the Chamber this morning, 12 DUP MLAs- including four MPs- hastily agreed a public statement denying that their party had taken part in any process to nominate a team to head up a future power-sharing administration. The statement contradicted the earlier indication from DUP leader Ian Paisley, and is being taken as the first public indicator of a potential rift within the party.

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  1. bertie says:

    Tiny

    I was looking for names. ;) Are you saying that Foster, Donaldson and Weir are “progressives” or not

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  2. Tiny says:

    Donaldson and to a lesser extent Weir, Arlene was made for the DUP, it was donaldson who used the term Taliban when referring to the DUP, but as for him being welcomed back to the UUP, not likely

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