Iris Robinson on a DUP future

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The ambivalence of this statement from Iris Robinson is as interesting as its substance. It is not clear whether she is simply warning her own constituency of the disasterous effects of Sinn Fein winning the majority of Nationalist seats under current arrangements or simply preparing them for it:

Four more years of the Belfast agreement will mean Gerry Adams or Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister. It will mean Gerry Kelly as policing and justice minister, it will mean rates massively increased and it will mean more all-Ireland government.

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