David Ervine
David Ervine
David Ervinewas a Northern Irish unionist politician from Northern Ireland and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party. During his youth Ervine was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Forceand was imprisoned for possessing bomb-making equipment. Whilst in jail he became convinced of the benefits of a more political approach for Ulster loyalism and became involved with the PUP. As a leading PUP figure, Ervine helped to deliver the loyalist ceasefire of 1994...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 July 1953
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We might have to shoot out the clocks at five minutes to midnight, but we'll get there. The gap is bridgeable. We have a decent chance of an agreement.
The PUP is now out of that loop.
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This society believed that it was looking towards a new future, and we consistently find ourselves being dragged backwards.
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I have a feeling of awful foreboding that there are people out there so determined to damage me that they will take an innocent life.
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We desperately need a deal before Christmas, and we have to hope that President Clinton's coming heralds the end game -- because the alternative is just too terrible to contemplate.
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We lost our way, our society lost our way.
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We have got to extend the hand of friendship, we have got to take the peacelines down brick by brick
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This society believed it was looking towards a new future, yet we consistently find ourselves being dragged backwards.
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It could have a positive effect, or it could stir passions further. It could have no effect at all. The only important thing now is to get over these awful, awful days and restore people's confidence as quickly as possible in the cease-fire.
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There is an opportunity, perhaps with what has happened over the weekend with the intervention of Tony Blair from Japan, to concentrate people's minds on the issues.
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I may not have always agreed with her, but today I really feel I've lost a personal friend.