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Daphne Trimble's blog: about me

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. A long term resident of Lisburn, my husband David and I raised our four children there and still live in the area. I practised as a solicitor for many years before running my husband David's constituency office in Upper Bann for fifteen years. I served two terms on the Equality Commission, followed by a term on the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, where I opposed the Commission's proposals for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Links to this post.

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Daphne Trimble's blog: Unionist Unity or Normal Politics?

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Saturday, 22 May 2010. Unionist Unity or Normal Politics? Posted by Daphne Trimble. Orange Order Grand Master Robert Saulters has called for unionist unity, ‘one big unionist party which represents all the views I hear.’ This theme ran through the recent election campaign. I heard it on the doorstep; it is called for by the DUP; it is mentioned in internal UUP meetings; and it is one of the areas to be discussed in Sir Reg’s review. Who would unite with whom? The only i...

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Daphne Trimble's blog: First thoughts of the morning after

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Friday, 7 May 2010. First thoughts of the morning after. Posted by Daphne Trimble. In Lagan Valley we fought a good clean honest campaign, a grass roots campaign. Our vote across Northern Ireland and in Lagan Valley reached its low point in 2007 (18.6% in Lagan Valley). In this election we have improved on that result locally (21.1%) and across Northern Ireland. (The NI figures can’t be compared yet because we still await Fermanagh and South Tyrone.). Eye on the Hill.

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Daphne Trimble's blog: March 2010

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Wednesday, 31 March 2010. DUP follow our lead again. Posted by Daphne Trimble. Labels: Bill of Rights. It would appear that where Conservatives and Unionists lead, the DUP follows. Last week they finally capitulated to Conservatives and Unionists pressure on double jobbing. This week they have come out in support of our policy on a UK Bill of Rights. And of course we cannot forget the big volte face they made in following us in the Assembly. Links to this post. What a d...

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Daphne Trimble's blog: May 2010

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Friday, 28 May 2010. Minister's Meddling in Museum. Posted by Daphne Trimble. Nelson McCausland, our Minister for Culture and the Arts has managed to turn Northern Ireland into a laughing stock across the world. The focus of much criticism of the Minister has been on his insistence that creationism be promoted, and while he has thereby turned himself, and thereby the executive, into an object of ridicule, this masks the much more serious issue of Ministerial interference.

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Daphne Trimble's blog: January 2010

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Saturday, 23 January 2010. Why Ulster Unionists should not give in to DUP manipulation. Posted by Daphne Trimble. At St Andrews the DUP insisted on an amendment to the 1998 Belfast Agreement that provided that the leader of the largest party at Stormont was to be the First Minister. This was no gaffe. It was a deliberate ploy to be used in the very situation we now find ourselves. And we are in danger of falling for it. The DUP are in big trouble; they want to save thei...

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Daphne Trimble's blog: Where now?

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Friday, 14 May 2010. Posted by Daphne Trimble. In this election campaign the DUP campaigned on a platform of wishing for a hung parliament. They got what they wanted. And did they get any benefit from this result? No I listened to Jeffrey Donaldson on the Nolan programme the other day making it clear that there had been no contact with the Conservatives, ‘not even a phone call’, as he said petulantly. If we continue to build on our alliance with the Conservative Party, ...

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Daphne Trimble's blog: One week to go!

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Thursday, 29 April 2010. One week to go! Posted by Daphne Trimble. Canvassing Lisburn market with Mark Francois, shadow Minister for Europe. By this time next week the polls will have closed, and we will be awaiting the results of the count with bated breath. Yet again we are driving the agenda, and others would like to follow. People in Lagan Valley have been following the leaders’ debates, and for the first time we are able to offer them the opportunity to vote ...

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Daphne Trimble's blog: February 2010

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Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Thursday, 25 February 2010. UUP and Conservative Candidate. Posted by Daphne Trimble. I am delighted at being selected as candidate for Lagan Valley for the Ulster Unionist and Conservative parties. The link between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Conservative Party is the obvious and natural course of action for the UUP at this stage in the implementation of the constitutional settlement we achieved in 1998. Links to this post. Location: Lisburn, County Antrim, UK.