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Using all his talents

  • Mark Devenport
  • 17 Apr 07, 11:05 AM

Just watched pictures of David Cameron welcoming David Trimble on board to the Conservative party. Mr Cameron dodged questions about a front bench job for Lord Trimble, saying only that he now had a growing number of talents at his disposal and he would ensure his party used all those talents. The former Ulster Unionist leader indicated his intention to continue to discuss the UK's constitutional settlement, by attacking the SNP's pursuit of independence as very dangerous. It will be interesting to watch, for example, the debate between Lord Trimble, who believes all MPs should be able to vote on all matters, and those Tories who want Scottish MPs banned from voting on English issues. Earlier on Good Morning Ulster Lord Trimble also criticised the dual mandate which continues to allow DUP and SDLP MPs to sit in the Stormont Assembly. So would Lord Trimble like a particular role on constitutional affairs, or legal matters or does the former Nobel prize winner wish to range further afield in terms of foreign affairs?

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  • 1.
  • At 10:32 AM on 18 Apr 2007,
  • Susie Flood wrote:

Mark

For me, Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey has always been an enigma. It鈥檚 incredible that someone so lacking in intellectual acumen and political judgement, while wreathed in arrogance, could reach such high political office in Ulster and now be feted by a main Party in GB. His legacy to date is an Ulster Unionist Party in freefall. One further puzzle that I think demands a 鈥楧avenport Question鈥 the next time you interview Lord Trimble: 鈥淲hat did you do with the Nobel Peace Prize money?鈥

Susie
Carryduff

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  • At 07:27 PM on 19 Apr 2007,
  • Pandora wrote:

I totally agree with Susie from Carryduff. I would go further to suggest that the UUP is in danger of further decline under Sir Reg Empey's self-advancing leadership. I suspect that if he does not step down soon, and hand over to someone else, the UUP will become extinct!

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