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In the beginning, Northern Ireland had a parliament. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
Elections were by majority rule, so the party that came out on top | 0:00:14 | 0:00:19 | |
was the only party to form the government. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
But some groups didn't want to shape the future through politics. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
They chose terrorism, preferring the bomb and the bullet, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
trying to destroy Northern Ireland and its people. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
And another group was trying to ride both horses. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
It got so bad, Stormont was shelved by Westminster, | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
and the power to shape our future was returned to London in 1972. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
That opened a chapter of direct rule that lasted a quarter of a century. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:52 | |
The Ulster Unionist Party argued long and hard | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
to return the power to the people. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
Others refused to help, opting to stand outside the gates, | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
screaming, "Traitor!" and, "Lundy!" and, "Never, never, never!" | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
We helped turn the corner that created the environment | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
to encourage everybody into the political tent, | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
ending the wholesale violence that was destroying our wee country. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
The last thing we needed then was an official opposition. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
Back then, it was all about sharing power | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
and finding common cause. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
But since we started this leg of our journey in 1998, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
our circumstances have changed. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
The multiparty coalitions failed to deliver. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
The bigger parties used the smaller ones for cover | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
when things went wrong. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
It became clear to us it was time to open the next chapter - | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
the chapter called official opposition. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
It was time for the Ulster Unionist Party to show leadership again | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
by taking another big mature step | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
towards more normal politics for Northern Ireland. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
As a party of opposition, we will do two things to make politics better. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:06 | |
We will scrutinise the words and actions | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
of this DUP/Sinn Fein Executive, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
and we will offer an alternative | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
where the Executive is failing to deliver, | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
as we have done with our vision for Northern Ireland | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
outside the European Union. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
The Ulster Unionist Party is determined that our journey | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
will take us to a post-sectarian society | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
where the issue is no longer identity | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
but who can deliver on the economy, education, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
on health and on housing. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
Who can you trust? | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
Who is in it for the greater good? | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
We are, and it's called doing what's right for Northern Ireland. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 |