Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble has joined DUP leader Ian Paisley by saying he will never share power with Sinn Féin.
Speaking in Belfast, Trimble also said if republicans wanted to be part of any future negotiations, they would have to show a complete change of heart.
He claimed the Irish and British governments had failed to push republicans hard enough and had left it up to the UUP to ensure the IRA went out of business.
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