Dissident UUP MPs are suspended

Updated: 20:11, Friday, 27 June 2003

Ulster Unionist Party president, Reverend Martin Smyth, and two other MPs, David Burnside and Jeffrey Donaldson, have been suspended from the party.

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6.01 News: Declan McBennett reports on the schism within the Ulster Unionist Party which has resulted in the rebel MPs explusion
6.01 News: Declan McBennett reports on the schism within the Ulster Unionist Party which has resulted in the rebel MPs explusion
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6.01 News: Tommie Gorman reports live from Northern Ireland on the possible next moves for the rebels
6.01 News: Tommie Gorman reports live from Northern Ireland on the possible next moves for the rebels

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The three resigned the party whip at Westminster earlier this week in protest at party leader David Trimble's policy on the peace process.

Yesterday, Mr Trimble said a special disciplinary committee had been set up to deal with the dissident MPs.

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