Comments on: Constructive Unionism http://www.thedissenter.co.uk/2008/12/constructive-unionism/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: editor http://www.thedissenter.co.uk/2008/12/constructive-unionism/comment-page-1/#comment-2 editor Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:07:45 +0000 http://193.189.74.38/~dissent/?p=18#comment-2 David Cameron made a positive and constructive speech at the weekend. He was by far the star performer at the Ulster Unionist conference. There can be no doubt about the Conservative commitment to the new arrangements with the Ulster Unionist Party. It remains unclear how the arrangements will work in the real politic of Northern Ireland. Most immediately it allowed the Ulster Unionist Party to look united and with something to work towards. Is it too late? Not necessarily. Already it is possible to hear a note of confidence in the comments of Tom Elliott MLA <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1208/1228571630067.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1208/1228571630067.html </a> Whatever else, the weekend has gone some way to shake off some cobwebs in Northern Ireland politics and should be welcomed for that alone. David Cameron made a positive and constructive speech at the weekend. He was by far the star performer at the Ulster Unionist conference. There can be no doubt about the Conservative commitment to the new arrangements with the Ulster Unionist Party.

It remains unclear how the arrangements will work in the real politic of Northern Ireland. Most immediately it allowed the Ulster Unionist Party to look united and with something to work towards. Is it too late? Not necessarily. Already it is possible to hear a note of confidence in the comments of Tom Elliott MLA http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1208/1228571630067.html

Whatever else, the weekend has gone some way to shake off some cobwebs in Northern Ireland politics and should be welcomed for that alone.

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