Unionists should use their vote as a weapon to ‘‘sweep away’’ their leaders who have failed them since the Good Friday Agreement, DUP leader Reverend Ian Paisley claimed today.

The Reverend Ian Paisley today urged anti-Agreement Ulster Unionist MPs to break their silence or risk being regarded as supporters of David Trimble.

The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is insisting all the UUP candidates in the General Election are standing fully behind the party election manifesto.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has threatened to step up his sanctions against Sinn Fein if the IRA fails to decommission its weapons.