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Lord Empey: DUP urged to apologise for secret talks with Sinn Féin

Lord Empey led the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) for five years, but stood down as party leader in 2010.

His party was publicly in talks with Sinn Féin in the 1990s, a move that was criticised by the DUP.

He described the abuse that he, David Trimble, and members of his party faced as a result was “significant”.

Speaking to the Nolan Show on Tuesday, Empey said: “I have no issue with Sammy Wilson meeting Sinn Féin.

“The issue I have is with the fact that he is trying to make a distinction between talking and scoping issues with Sinn Féin, and negotiating with Sinn Féin.

“It’s the fact that his party lied.”

Wilson has insisted his party does not need to apologise and has denied the party was dishonest.

However Empey claimed that the DUP had “effectively deceived the electorate” by “saying one thing and doing another”.

The DUP “put out statements and they had an election manifesto which they all stood on which said that they wouldn’t be meeting with members of terror organisations,” he said.

“I hope we can get this all out in the open,” he added.


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