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	Jeffrey Donaldson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (born 7 December 1962) is a Northern Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley.
		Jeffrey Donaldson was born in Kilkeel, County Down and joined the Ulster Unionist Party and served as agent for Enoch Powell, MP.
		Donaldson became the leading anti-agreement figure in the Ulster Unionists and led several challenges to the party leader, David Trimble, all of which failed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeffrey_Donaldson (351 words)

	THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles
		Jeffrey’s coyness and reluctance to make any reference to educational attainments are in stark contrast to his claim in a sympathetic TV profile a few years ago that he had “turned down an opportunity to study history at Cambridge,” a claim which infers spectacular early education attainment.
		Apparently little Jeffrey left his local school in Kilkeel with fewer GCEs than Rodney Trotter; a fairly unremarkable achievement that would in later life be a constant irritant to his self esteem, especially in the company of the donnish Trimble and his coterie of university trained ministers.
		Jeffrey Donaldson is a shrewd, clever operator and nobody’s fool; he has not fallen into the same trap of another famous Jeffrey (Archer) and invented a glowing C.V. flagrantly using it to climb the ladder to political power.
	lark.phoblacht.net /sparkfh.html (806 words)

	Donaldson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Donaldson, Denis (born 1950), former Sinn Féin member and British spy
		Donaldson, Stephen R. (born 1947), U.S. fantasy and science fiction novelist
		Donaldson, Stuart (1812-1867), first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donaldson (159 words)

	Irish Abroad - Irish American News
		Donaldson for long was considered to be a prime figure on the liberal wing of the UUP and was widely viewed as such in the U.S. before his strange transformation.
		Indeed, Donaldson was regularly put forward by the British government in America as the accommodating face of Ulster unionism and was a frequent visitor to these shores on that type of mission.
		Donaldson’s final hope was to emerge from the recent election holding the balance of power in Ulster unionism, but he was unable even to achieve that.
	www.irishabroad.com /news/irishinamerica/editperiscope/party.asp (598 words)

	Irish American Post
		Donaldson protested that the move was a "purge of him" as two other rebel MPs, Martin Smyth and David Burnside will not face similar action.
		Donaldson, a protege of former UUP leader Lord Molyneaux and former constituency agent for Enoch Powell when he was the MP for South Down, said he had long argued for a strong unionist movement.
		Jeffrey¹s not perfect we know, but Jeffrey is a principled man and he stood on policies that I agree with, that reflect unionist opinion.
	www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2004/01dec-jan/news/news05.html (4656 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Profile: Jeffrey Donaldson
		Samuel's brother Alex was one of nine police officers killed in a mortar bomb attack on Newry RUC Station in 1985.
		By then, Mr Donaldson was already an aspiring politician - in 1983 he became agent to the MP for South Down, Enoch Powell - and two years later he was the youngest member elected to the Stormont Assembly.
		Mr Donaldson would soon be on a collision course with new party leader David Trimble, which is still having dramatic ramifications for the party.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3091067.stm (982 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The commonplace view of the Paisleyite triumph in the Assembly elections in the North of Ireland, a triumph completed by the transfer of Unionist dissident Jeffrey Donaldson and two supporting assembly members, is that we are seeing a resurgent Unionism moving to the right and uniting behind Paisley, leaving Trimble defeated.
		Donaldson and the DUP represent a petty-bourgeois in revolt, waving their fists at the unionist bourgeoisie, unable to live with the possibility that Catholics would be in government no matter what humiliating conditions are forced on the republicans.
		In any case, it looks like we are in for a long period of direct rule and further political stalemate, if for no other reason than the fact that, contrary to her claims, Britain is staying in Ireland, is guaranteeing partition and will continue to search for a sectarian and colonial stability.
	members.lycos.co.uk /socialistdemocracyie/DonaldsonSplitsFromUUP.html (856 words)

	Defection — Donaldson Goes
		Donaldson will now jostle for the leadership of his new colleagues, for his ambition will not disappear, or fall, as one might say in an aside to Peter (pun intended).
		This sort of 'pie in the sky' wishful thinking scenario is clearly impossible anyway (if it ever was on) now with Donaldson in the camp (and Paisley breathing fire) to which the bold Jeffrey had defected because he couldn't agree with Trimble doing such a deal.
		Now that Donaldson is no longer a thorn inside the party, Trimble should seize the moment (forgetting his earlier fumble), press for the alternative method of election to the two major posts and stand for the First Minister's position once again, thereby persuading Sinn Féin to encourage a suitable response from the IRA.
	www.ballinagree.freeservers.com /def.html (739 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Trimble's rival prepares for day of destiny
		Jeffrey Donaldson, who replaced former party leader James Molyneaux as Ulster Unionist MP for Lagan Valley three years ago, is late.
		Donaldson, late yesterday because of meetings with party delegates to draw up alternative proposals to put to Saturday's meeting of the ruling Ulster Unionist Council, says: "There was no opportunism involved.
		Donaldson knows his plan, which he refuses to unveil now, must appeal to a broad base of delegates, who have different reasons for opposing a return to government.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,265570,00.html (853 words)

	Irish Echo Online - News
		Donaldson might be tempted in this direction, since he was part of the UUP team that negotiated the original agreement in 1998.
		What prompted Donaldson's walkout on that occasion was his view that there was no mechanism within the agreement to pressure republicans to begin decommissioning their weapons.
		Whether the presence of Donaldson and company would change the dynamics of the DUP and strengthen the so-called pragmatic wing of the party remains to be seen.
	www.irishecho.com /search/searchstory.cfm?id=13971&issueid=339 (1071 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| MP repeats bugging allegation
		Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson said he was told by an RUC officer that British Army intelligence was tapping his telephone.
		Mr Donaldson MP has again expressed concern about reports that his calls are being monitored, as the UUP's officers prepare to meet this weekend to review policy on continuing in the powersharing executive in the absence of paramilitary decommissioning.
		Mr Donaldson said he believed the information gathered in the tapping operation was being used by the government to "undermine the views of those of us who have expressed concerns about the way in which Tony Blair has been implementing the Belfast Agreement and has broken his pledges to the people of Northern Ireland".
	www.snapshield.com /www_problems/Northern_Ireland/MP_repeats_bugging.htm (449 words)

	Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article
		Donaldson, while still disagreeing with party policy, could still retake the whip, abide by the rules and agree to refrain from bringing the party into further disrepute but Jeffrey is not for eating humble pie.
		Jeffrey could now jump or be pushed but seems fairly confident of support from many on the right including a major section of the Orange Order.
		The issue at stake is not clear because Jeffrey Donaldson negotiated the agreement he now opposes leaving the scene only at the last hurdle.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2003/dec15_tribal_politics__RGarland.php (816 words)

	Guardian \| Press review: Jeffrey Donaldson leaves the UUP
		Jeffrey Donaldson's departure from the Ulster Unionist party (UUP) can only strengthen the old demigod's grip on Northern Ireland politics, especially if Mr Donaldson joins his Democratic Unionists party (DUP) as he indicated.
		She also spots how this particular silver cloud might have a dark lining for the party - long the crown prince of the UUP, Mr Donaldson is likely to transfer his leadership ambitions to the DUP.
		Mr Donaldson's ambitions destabilised the UUP, they might be about to do the same for the DUP.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4823304-103690,00.html (563 words)

	CNN.com - Ulster Unionists vote on Trimble's future - October 28, 2000
		His main antagonist is party member Jeffrey Donaldson, who is challenging Trimble's continued support for staying in a coalition with republicans in spite of accusations that Catholic paramilitary groups are slow to disarm.
		Donaldson says the 1998 Good Friday peace accord has seen unionists dole out a string of concessions to republicans and he is calling for a withdrawal from the coalition unless the Irish Republican Army (IRA) disarms by November 30.
		Donaldson branded Trimble's attempts to achieve IRA disarmament as a failure and denied claims that he and other dissidents were "wreckers."
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/10/28/nireland.vote (702 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| MP 'deceived' voters says Trimble
		The issue of a by-election in Lagan Valley is down to MP Jeffrey Donaldson's "honour and integrity", the Ulster Unionist leader has said.
		Mr Donaldson had been a thorn in the side of Mr Trimble since the moment he walked away from Castle Buildings at Stormont just before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
		In June, Mr Donaldson and two other MPs, David Burnside and Martin Smyth, were suspended from the UUP after resigning the parliamentary whip.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3371409.stm (774 words)

	RTE News - Jeffrey Donaldson gets damages from Tribune
		Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson has been awarded libel damages overan untrue allegation that he was a mourner at the funeral of a UDA pipe bomber killed in a premature explosion.
		The Lagan Valley MP was in the High Court in Belfast when his case againstthe Sunday Tribune and journalist Brenda Power was settled on terms which were not disclosed.
		In March 1999 Mr Donaldson was awarded damages in respect of the samelibel in two other newspapers.
	www.rte.ie /news2/2003/0116/donaldson.html (212 words)

	Mirick O'Connell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jeffrey L. Donaldson is Of Counsel to the Firm and is a member of the Firm’s Business Department.
		Donaldson was the lead coordinating attorney for a significant client of the Firm when it acquired six businesses simultaneously with a private placement of high-yield bonds.
		Donaldson is a 1978 graduate, summa cum laude, of the State University College of New York at Buffalo and a 1981 graduate of Duke University School of Law.
	www.modl.com /popups/emps.php?id=35 (193 words)

	BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
		JEFFREY DONALDSON: Well I found the term rejectionist insulting to be quite honest with you.
		DONALDSON: The real question is the one that you were trying to get an answer to from Martin McGuinness unsuccessfully and that is, is this the beginning of a process of actual decommissioning of IRA weapons.
		Now that is the key question and when you look at the statement from the IRA yesterday all that they are offering at the moment is to open up some of their arms dumps for inspection by two independent persons from the International community.
	www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/20000507_int_3.html (1040 words)

	Irish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jeffrey Donaldson's decision to resign from the Ulster Unionist Party was a "tactical mistake," a fellow rebel MP has warned.
		David Burnside, who was suspended from the party along with Mr Donaldson and Martin Smyth after resigning the party whip at Westminster last June, said he attempted to persuade him to reconsider.
		Mr Donaldson said he would be talking to the DUP over the Christmas period and making an announcement about his future in the New Year.
	www.iais.org /shtmp.cfm?News_ID=3550 (349 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Trimble's wife plans election bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The wife of Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today confirmed she would try to unseat rival Democratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson at the next General Election.
		Mr Donaldson defected from the Ulster Unionists in January to the Reverend Ian Paisley’s DUP after years of feuding with Mr Trimble over party policy.
		In the 2001 General Election, Mr Donaldson secured 25,966 votes as an Ulster Unionist candidate, which was the best performance of any MP in Northern Ireland.
	www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=2512260&p=z5yzz75&n=2512352&x=&fs=3 (644 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Northern Ireland - Unionist MP rejects peace initiative
		HARDLINE Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson yesterday demanded the ditching of peace plans in the province.
		Donaldson wants the Ulster Unionist party’s ruling council, which meets tomorrow, to reject the British and Irish government’s latest peace initiative for Northern Ireland.
		Donaldson said the party had to make it clear to Tony Blair that the plans were not acceptable.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=150&id=661342003 (334 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| 'One more chance' for devolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is the Web page from which Newsblaster extracted " Mr Donaldson is one of three MPs within the party facing a disciplinary committee over their decision to resign the party whip at Westminster in protest at the declaration.
		However, Mr Donaldson said it would not be done on the basis of the British-Irish joint declaration, which deals with outstanding issues over the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
		Mr Donaldson is one of three MPs within the party facing a disciplinary committee over their decision to resign the party whip at Westminster in protest at the
	newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2003-07-25-08-11-31/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=654 (404 words)

	Key critic of Ulster Unionist leader resigns, signals he might join hard-line rivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The resignation and possible defection of lawmaker Jeffrey Donaldson to the uncompromising Democratic Unionist Party places further pressure on Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, who has split his party by supporting the landmark Good Friday accord.
		Donaldson said Thursday that he two other newly elected Ulster Unionists -- Arlene Foster and Nora Beare -- had quit the party and would support the Democratic Unionist bloc in the legislature.
		Donaldson said the Democratic Unionists had offered him a position as one of the party's negotiators, but he wouldn't announce a decision on whether to join the party until after Christmas.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/12/19/international0617EST0471.DTL (323 words)

	Deis ag Trimble a pháirtí a atógáil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		An mhí seo caite, cuireadh triúr ball sinsearach - Uachtarán an pháirtí Martin Smyth, an leas-Uachtarán Jeffrey Donaldson agus an feisire David Burnside - ar fionraí as ucht a n-ionsaithe leanúnacha ar pholasaithe an cheannaire David Trimble.
		Measann daoine áirithe nach bhfuil Donaldson chomh láidir sin in éadan an Chomhaontaithe is a mhaíonn na meáin chumarsáide.
		Amharcann siad ar Donaldson mar dhuine a raibh an seans aige Trimble a dhíshealbhú ach gur theip air.
	www.beo.ie /2003-07/robertmcmillen.asp (707 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Uncertainty of opinion
		Basil McCrea in his interview on A Tangled Web said that Jeffrey Donaldson needs a personal vote of 10,001 to win, and I agree with him that "he will not achieve this".
		The DUP brush it off as irrelevant, but the fact remains that every solitary one of the 14,000 votes cast for Jeffrey Donaldson in November 2003 was a vote for the Ulster Unionist Party - this is why the DUP urged the electorate in their manifesto not to vote for "so called anti-agreement Ulster Unionists".
		Posted by: peter at April 22, 2005 09:02 AM Donaldson is very busy around the constituency, engaging with all sorts of residents.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/04/uncertainty_of.php (1461 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Can parties tango at the talks? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But as we listened open-mouthed to what he had to say to the DUP MP for the next 90-odd seconds we were in no doubt that this was the decommissioning debate distilled to its rawest form, in a way which no General de Chastelain press conference has so far managed to replicate.
		Mr Donaldson did not know at that point who was addressing him....
		Jeffrey Donaldson did not reply to him directly...but rather to another member of the audience who asked him to spell out what exactly the DUP wanted the IRA to do.
	newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2004-08-08-05-19-59/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=616 (997 words)

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