Adams endorses Paisley in speech delivered in the US
Ian Paisley would do a far better job as leader of Northern Ireland than any direct rule minister, Gerry Adams has told an audience in New York.
Speaking yesterday before an audience at a leading American foreign policy think-tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, Adams said that Northern Ireland secretary, Peter Hain, and other British representatives did not have the same understanding of Northern Ireland as Mr Paisley.
He said that the DUP leader was answerable to the people of Northern Ireland and not to the British parliament, as is the case with Peter Hain and direct rule ministers....
