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October 04, 2005 Tories will oppose deal on OTRs Conor Murphy is the first member of Sinn Fein to take part in a Conservative party conference almost 21 years after the IRA attempted to kill large numbers of the then Tory government Cabinet. Nevertheless, the Tories remain implacably opposed to any concessions towards the OTRs. David Liddington: Shadow Secretary of State, David Liddington: "First, on-the-runs. If the legislation you bring forward this autumn does not contain a proper judicial process that involves those returning to Northern Ireland appearing in court and being held accountable for their crimes in the normal way - we will oppose the legislation. Although it seems likely that any deal concerning these two sensitive issues will likely have been concluded long before his party regain government power. Mick. Hmm.. technically, in spite of the claim by Sinn Féin - that "This will be the first occasion that Sinn Féin have appeared at the annual Tory conference." - he's not actually taking part in the Conservative Party Conference. It's an event staged to coincide with the conference - which is why it's described as a fringe event. Posted by: peteb at October 4, 2005 01:34 PM Pedant! ;-) Posted by: Mick at October 4, 2005 01:37 PM Any chance of SF opening up the Ard Feis to interest groups in the same way as the other parties with provision for stalls, fringe etc? Posted by: Alan at October 4, 2005 02:17 PM Did I just hear Mick playing the man? should have said "pedantic" Posted by: Joe at October 4, 2005 02:43 PM I thought about red-carding him, Joe... but that would be pedantic ;) Posted by: peteb at October 4, 2005 02:50 PM Tories do great implacability. Posted by: D'Oracle at October 4, 2005 09:08 PM |
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