New party would oppose DUP stance
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Disaffected unionists want a new party to oppose the DUP's power-sharing accord with Sinn Fein.
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The British and Irish prime ministers made a new push Wednesday to secure a power-sharing deal between the two largest and most hard-line parties in Northern Ireland and declared a decision must be made within days.
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Contenders for the Labour deputy leader's job dismiss concerns the party is lurching to the left.
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The bill to nationalise Northern Rock is to be debated in the Commons, with the Tories set to vote against it.
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TUC delegates are expected to back a call for a referendum on the EU treaty - in opposition to Gordon Brown.
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The deputy leader of the DUP does not rule out the possiblity of his party talking to loyalist paramilitaries.
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The SDLP leader denies it is divided over its support for the NI budget and programme for government.
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The DUP criticises the Irish PM's remark that the issue of photographic evidence of disarmament is not workable.
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The assembly will hear if the DUP and Sinn Fein are to indicate choices for first and deputy first minister.
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The two governments are preparing to put their proposals aimed at breaking the political stalemate in Northern Ireland to the DUP and Sinn Fein.
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Belfast - Britain&#39;s Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy warned on Saturday that the province could face new elections unless Roman Catholic and Protestant parties agreed on the formation of the power-sharing executive branch.
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Ukip London Assembly member Damian Hockney defects to join Robert Kilroy-Silk's new party, due to launch this week.
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"I never thought I would see a document with Fianna Fail's name on it that would make real commitments on climate change"  The environmentalist Green Party, perennial outsiders in Irish politics, voted Wednesday to join the next government and extend Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's 10-year run in power.Green leaders won a surprisingly easy ratification for their pact with Ahern's long-dominant Fianna Fail party following a daylong conference of party activists. After debating the government platform agreed upon Tuesday night by both parties' negotiators, Green Party members backed the deal in a 441-to-67 vote.'It is the proudest day in my life. After 25 years of struggle ... the possibility is there to see our policies implemented in government,' said Green leader Trevor Sargent. Read more
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A leading DUP MP told members of a right-wing fringe group at Westminster that his party was 'in no hurry to achieve a deal,' on the day that the British and Irish Governments issued their proposals to resolve ...
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Republican Party officials agreed to take a hard line against abortion rights and same-sex marriage Wednesday, positions that party moderates predict will turn away voters needed to win the November elections.
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Sinn Fein is totally opposed to any return to conflict, Gerry Adams tells a group of party members.
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Comment is free: Tony Benn: Delegates must veto New Labour's bid to reduce the party membership to a glorified fan club.