Donaldson attacks Monitoring Body

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Jeffrey Donaldson has repeated his intention to leave the UUP if the vote of censure on the joint declaration goes against him on 16th June. With the British government looking again at the issue of the future of the RIR home battalions, Donaldson has switched the focus of his attack:

Mr Donaldson also plans to open a new front in his effective challenge against the UUP leader by claiming that the International Monitoring Body, which would deal with sanctions against defaulting Assembly members, and which Mr Trimble supported, would give the Irish Government an unacceptable involvement in the Assembly.

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