Saturday, November 25, 2006

Politics: UK: Paisley says Yes (maybe) to nom as First Minister of Northern Ireland's Stormont (parliament)

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Irish Examiner carried a news report today by Harry McGee and Áine Kerr, "Stone intervention may have caused Paisley u-turn" (Nov25,2k6):

Heavily-armed loyalist killer Michael Stone’s outrageous attempt to storm the Stormont building yesterday may have contributed to the crucial change-of-heart by DUP leader, Dr Ian Paisley on power-sharing, it emerged last night.
The Democratic Union Party led by Paisely has been slow to accept "power sharing" in the UK-area of Ireland's island and source of immigrants to Scotland and England (Wales not so heavily over the last 100 years).

Europe > Britain > Northern Ireland

Trigger-happy crazed loyalist sets bomb devices in Stormont building before capture, defusing [BBC]

Paisley "will accept nomination" [BBC]

NI meeting suspended over bomb threat [Peoples Daily, Communist China]
If all goes in the direction Paisley outlines, then his own and his party's stature as a Christian-democratic party of Protestant-historical background will raise to a new level, tho still far from acceptance by the international organization of Christan Democrats.

-- Politicarp

More Info:

Christian political leadership from DUP evokes backlash within party

Recent background (Oct17,2k6 - BBC)

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