DT in Andersonstown
Puzzled locals opened their door in Riverdale in West Belfast yesterday afternoon to be greeted by, not Sinn Fein, not the SDLP, but the Nobel Prize winning former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, canvassing on behalf of his colleague Bill Manwaring. Lord Trimble says he was greeted politely by the voters some of whom looked pleased to see him. One man told him he was wasting his time, but the Conservative peer says the punter wasn't aggressive and that was the most negative response he encountered.
In fact there's a bit of history to the visit - the young Trimble last canvassed Riverdale back in February 1969 when he was backing Basil McIvor in the then Larkfield electoral area. So yesterday was a return trip - albeit some 41 years later.
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