Historic ‘yes’ sticks in Dr No’s throat

FOR years, the Rev Ian Paisley has been dubbed “Dr No” by his political opponents.

The 78-year-old Democratic Unionist leader has carved out a career saying no to the Catholic Church and no to meetings between unionists and Irish heads of state. He even said no to line dancing.

Yesterday should have been different. The DUP leader hoped to tell his party executive he was saying yes to a deal which would have seen the IRA complete disarmament.