ROBERT FLAVELL

Reading the above posts it would seem that the DUP is the only anti-EU party in the House of Commons.

Perhaps UKIP ought to have the suggested ''reverse takeover'' as proposed in another thread - but with the DUP.....

At least the DUP leader knows how to get his mug into the news headlines...

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Britannist

Hereward 77: There is a line of thought which goes that the DUP (Dr. Paisley's party) may have been forced into power-sharing with SIN Fein (in Northern Ireland) because the Blair regime (including the Northern Ireland Secretary, europhile Peter Hain) allegedly threatened to give more power to the North-South Council (a structure which SIN Fein and other republicans are very keen on) if the DUP refused to deal/work with SIN Fein.

I do not know what your view on this theory is.

Hereward77

If that was the case, then Jim Allister and others would not have resigned from the party.

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rjt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2504387.stm

9 years ago Northern Irealnd and the Rupublic made the fateful decision to endorse the Good Friday Agreement a decision UKIP opposed at the time if I recall corectly and quite rightly so as it gave the Rupublic a direct say in the running of part of the UK.

Britannist

Yes, the resignation of the anti-EU MEP Jim Allister from Dr. Paisley's DUP party is a great loss for the DUP.

Britannist

The Irish Republic should have no say at all in the running of Northern Ireland. No foreign nation, external body or organisation should have any say in the internal affairs of the UK or on the domestic administration of any part of the UK or any British territory.

ROBERT FLAVELL

Or they may have resigned as a matter of principle - not giving in to blackmail.

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ROBERT FLAVELL

But a gain for UKIP if he was persuaded to join....

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Britannist

The Deputy leader of UKIP, Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, put out a press release earlier this month welcoming the DUP-SIN Fein deal.

Britannist

Fred McGlade, Chairman of UKIP North Lancashire Branch, wrote in the letters page of the latest edition of the UKIP journal 'Independence' (page 24, issue number 70, May 2007):

"This so-called "Good Friday" agreement, nothing more than a surrender to the IRA, has led us to the sight of Ian Paisley sitting a few feet from Gerry Adams apparently reacing an agreement over power sharing in the province. This was, in my opinion, pitiful. Adams, as always making a point, wore an Easter Lily commemorating the 1916 subversive hooliganism inflicted on a few back streets of Dublin. He is subtle as a rash or impetigo and considerable nastier.

The referendum to be held at Easter 2016 will see the end of Ulster as we know it and the completion of an act of treachery on the people of Northern Ireland. It now seems nothing stands in the way of the destruction of the lives, culture and beliefs of a group of British subjects whose only crime was loyalty. These are sad times which we will live to regret."

* In contrast, the following appeared on the official UKIP website on 8.5.2007:

“David Campbell Bannerman, Deputy Leader of UKIP, welcomed the new Northern Ireland Assembly on 8th May. David is the former Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1996-97, and served in Government when the Peace Process began in earnest, and was present when the Stormont talks between the parties began.

David comments: "I am personally delighted to see the Northern Ireland Assembly meet, and to witness the remarkable spectacle of representatives of both sides of this divided community coming together. I earnestly hope they will work together harmoniously and peacefully for the good of everyone in Northern Ireland. Full credit should be paid to the many who have worked so hard and so courageously to achieve this outcome."