UUP must keep Sinn Fein out insists Burnside

The Ulster Unionist Party must return to its original Assembly commitment to keep Sinn Fein out of government until the IRA disarms and disbands, South Antrim MP David Burnside insisted today.

Mr Burnside, who with fellow anti-Good Friday Agreement MP Jeffrey Donaldson was given special permission by party officers yesterday to contest the next Assembly election in Northern Ireland, said, if selected, he would be running on the 1998 manifesto.