Dithering DUP continuing to hand over Devolution Vetoes to anyone who will have them - McNarry
Ulster Unionist Strangford candidate David McNarry has today said that DUP threats over a financial package represented another embarrassing example of that Party handing over vetoes on devolution to anyone who’ll have them.
The latest DUP pre-condition on devolution emerged after government confirmed in Parliament on Tuesday that March 26th is an immovable deadline for devolution.
In a statement, the Strangford candidate, who represented the Party in the PFG economic sub committee, said: “The DUP are talking up their hard stance on an economic package. This now means that in addition to giving Sinn Fein a veto over devolution, they have also handed a veto to that other well-known friend of unionism - the present government.
“Are the DUP saying that unless Brown gives them exactly what they want they are walking away from devolution? Handing over vetoes to others is not good negotiating. Once again the DUP weighs in with big words, but with little substance.”
He added: “The DUP had no new ideas on the economic sub group and in the past four years have failed to negotiate an extra penny from Gordon Brown. But now we are presented with hollow threats and bluff posturing.
“At the moment they’re dropping councillors, they’re dropping points in opinion polls, and they’re dropping the ball on devolution. The DUP simply cannot be trusted.”