The DUP has unveiled a six-point plan they say they will be taking to next week's talks in Scotland.
It includes an end to IRA paramilitary activity, republican support for the rule of law and "fundamental changes to the Good Friday Agreement".
DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson said the agenda was "condition-led, rather than calendar-led".
"We want devolution restored as soon as possible, but the possibility relies on whether conditions are met," he said. BBC News
Any word on what that involves?Originally Posted by padraig
Mehhh
They have signalled some of their requirements in the past. These include more accountability by members of the executive and by the cross border bodies. All pretyy much common ssense.Any word on what that involves?
Hopefully we might see the end of designation as part of the new agreement as well. Unfortunatly both the DUP and SF/IRA benefit from it at the moment, but these kind of con-sociational arrangements will never bring the people of N.I. together and only supports sectarian politics.
My dogma was run over by my karma. Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03
The pressure must be really mounting on the DUP because they are tryng to come across as quite amiable lately. Sir Ian going to meet Sean Brady proves he is trying to not look like the bad guy as the November deadline approaches.
How does he keep going at his age I often wonder. Pure orange fury must flow through his veins. Perhaps he keeps a picture of Gerry Adams with a tricolor over Stormont to get him up every morning in constipated fury?
The DUP won't settle for any agreement by November - but they'll try and make it look like they did their best so everyone doesn't put the blame on them.
We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.
Looks like the DUP is looking for Unionist majority rule again.DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson has told the assembly that the requirement for all major parties to be included in a Stormont executive must be temporary.
Mr Robinson said that the government system designed by the Good Friday Agreement was "fundamentally undemocratic". BBC News
Not at all, the are several alternatives for the exectutive that would allow both Unionists and Nationalists to be included and which unlike the method in the Belfast Agreement, might actually work.
My dogma was run over by my karma. Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03
Such as What ?. Voluntary coalition, where the DUP can exclude Sinn Fein and try to do a deal with the SDLP.
have they anything to say on when the UDA and the UVF are going to disband?
What does the Irish President spend their time doing. Work in progress
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