Wednesday, September 14, 2005

speaking of Ian.IAN Paisley said last night it was time for Tony Blair's Government to address unionist distrust of the peace process in the wake of recent violence and growing inequality.
The DUP leader condemned the disorder as inexcusable, but said it highlighted the huge task facing the Government, if it wants to win unionist and Protestant support.

he said: "The last few days have brought into sharp focus the disastrous road along which the signatories of the so-called Agreement have led our Province."
Unionists now felt like secondclass citizens, he said, adding: "The double laws, one favouring republicans and the other, heavyhanded on unionists, must cease. "The black spots of deliberate discrimination against employment of Protestants must be tackled, and the disgraceful practice of the Government allowing Protestant communities to be underprivileged must stop.
"An economic deal must be established to deliver equality."
He also said events had further highlighted the need to deal with terrorist violence from all quarters.
Mr Paisley's party colleague, East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell, said he fears the main threat to unionist communities now comes from their own people.
No longer do republicans represent the greatest danger to unionists, he said, it is now the loyalist paramilitaries operating on their doorstep.
Mr Gregory was speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme, and made clear that he felt times had changed in Northern Ireland. "Right now, the biggest
threat to the loyalist community is from the loyalist paramilitaries," he said.
"In the last 10 or 20 years the biggest threat has been the republicans."
Mr Campbell also called for an end to all violence and for sense to prevail in unionist communities.

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