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well, let's listen to doug beattie, the leader of the ulster unionists party who spoke earlier as wellre but we did not get the movement that we needed. but now we have the _ movement that we needed. but now we have the movement, they dup have decided _ have the movement, they dup have decided that they will move in regards — decided that they will move in regards to this, and what we now need _ regards to this, and what we now need is _ regards to this, and what we now need is a — regards to this, and what we now need is a quick process to allow us to get— need is a quick process to allow us to get the — need is a quick process to allow us to get the first minister and deputy first minister nominated quickly. ministers— first minister nominated quickly. ministers nominated quickly. the exec— ministers nominated quickly. the exec formed quickly, and an assembly to meet— exec formed quickly, and an assembly to meet as _ exec formed quickly, and an assembly to meet as quickly as possible. if we leave — to meet as quickly as possible. if we leave it — to meet as quickly as possible. if we

an awkward relationship with the late leader of the ulster unionist party, david trimble.aldson later defected to ian paisley�*s dup. the future leader picked up a big lesson, the danger of taking unionism out of its comfort zone. two giants fell after making that mistake. david trimble destroyed his career after sharing power with sinn fein before the ira had fully disarmed. the late ian paisley lost the confidence of his church and then his party after a chuckle too far with his chuckle brother partner, martin mcguinness, of sinn fein. jeffrey donaldson believes he can avoid their fate by cutting a deal which gives unionism much of what it wants. critics say no, northern ireland is still far too bound up in the eu, setting it apart from the rest of the uk. mixed perspectives in donaldson�*s lagan valley constituency, but overall support. anything that brings us closer to the uk is nothing but good. i'm just embarrassed. i'm actually embarrassed. let's hope the rest of the world doesn't know that we have these silly issues here. i'm just glad to hear that we are moving fo

if you wanted to know what was going on in the ulster unionist party, you would talk to jeffrey donaldsonarty. during the good friday agreement he turned on the late david trimble and moved to the late david trimble and moved to the democratic unionist party. that showed jeffrey donaldson was no pushover. there was a press conference and he took an early version of the good friday paper and ripped it up in front of the cameras. but he is also a strategist and it has become clear thatjeffrey donaldson believes it is fundamentally in the interests of union ist to share power with sinn fein. this belief that you need stability here, the only way that you can do that is with power sharing, a lot of damage without a functioning government and the problems in the nhs, if he believes if there is ever a vote on a united ireland, you've to make this place work if you're going to preserve the union. 50 work if you're going to preserve the union. ., ., , , , all work if you're going to preserve the l union-— all the union. so what happens next? all the action tomorrow _ union. so what happens next?

you have the true unionist voice, you have the ulster unionist party, and then you have the largest unionistn the the dup. and when last, when the last elections came here, the tuv stood split the vote and the dup lost two votes, which left them as the second party in stormont behind us and sir jeffrey donaldson will have to get faith back into that electorate to say to them the deal that i have got is a good deal that i have got is a good deal and it's better for northern ireland. and in amongst thatis northern ireland. and in amongst that is still things to play for, such as triangular trading , for, such as triangular trading, which allows us to deal with the rest of the world. but what i have seen of the deal it does do away with a lot of the regulation and paperwork that's been that has been in place and of course, britain is about to face exactly the same thing with checks of eu goods coming in to, uh, the mainland uk. and of course , that will cause the course, that will cause the price of stuff to go up because, well, there's more paperwork involved . so last night, sir involved. so

. >> that means that sinn fein, the dup, the sdlp, the ulster unionist, the alliance party are all inatory like. so it's a mandatory coalition and if, if whoever's in the first ministers and deputy first minister's office, if one of the those people resign as paul givan as the then first minister did back in february of 2022, then the whole thing collapses and it stops. it was the same when i was first minister and the deputy first minister, then martin mcguinness resigned and stormed, was down for three years on that occasion over irish language . um, and over irish language. um, and that should have been resolved a lot sooner than it was . but the lot sooner than it was. but the issue this time is around brexit. of course it is. and it's around the windsor framework. and the fact that there are checks coming from great britain into northern ireland and what unionism is saying is that that needs to be sorted out in terms of the constitutional position of, of northern the uk northern ireland within the uk and of course, in relation to trading, which should be an internal market, becau