CENOTAPH WREATH RULES WERE CHANGED TO PLACATE UNIONISTS, BLAIR-ERA FILES SHOW
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✍️ Tony Blair's government altered the rules on party leaders laying wreaths at the Cenotaph to keep unionists onboard with Northern Ireland's peace process.
👉 Tony Blair's government changed the rules on party leaders laying wreaths at the Cenotaph in 2004. 👉 The change was made to keep the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) onboard with the peace process. 👉 The old rules meant that the DUP's rival, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), could lay a wreath, but the DUP could not. 👉 The change was seen as a way to balance the power between the two parties and keep them involved in the peace process.
-- #TonyBlair #DavidTrimble #IanPaisley #JeffreyDonaldson #PaulMurphy #CharlieFalconer #JonathanPowell #NorthernIreland #London #SouthArmagh #politics
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