David Ford MLA, Leader of the Alliance Party
Leading Change in Antrim & Newtownabbey since 1998
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David Ford MLA, Leader of the Alliance Party Leading Change in Antrim & Newtownabbey since 1998 |
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| David Ford MLA, Leader of the Alliance Party | <david.ford@allianceparty.org> | 7th February 2012 |
Ford says Paisley resignation will leave Executive rudderless7.00.00pm GMT Tue 4th Mar 2008 Leader of the Alliance Party, David Ford MLA, commenting on Ian Paisley's announcement of his upcoming resignation, said: "History will judge whether Ian Paisley will be remembered for forty years of saying 'no' or one year of saying 'probably'. Many will say his road to Damascus conversion came thirty five years too late. "The achievements of the Executive since last May have been modest in the extreme. By continuing as a lame duck for three months Ian Paisley will damage the Executive and in particular damage Northern Ireland by failing to capitalise on the full prospects of the US investment conference. "The Executive is now in the throes of a leadership crisis; Tony Blair tried the same 'long goodbye' tactic and it did enormous damage to his successor."
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