We have to go another road and that road must be that no terrorist, whether they come from one side or the other, can be in any government of any part of this United Kingdom. There must be, to these men, an ultimatum given by the Government: the day of terrorism is over. You can't shoot your way into government office - you can't murder and rob banks and destroy the country and them demand, because you've a mandate, you're going to get into government.

On Sinn Fein, he said:

They are locking themselves out of the talks, not us. They made the choice. They said: 'It's terrorism for us, we're holding on to our guns'. We're saying democracy must and will prevail.