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I'm just back from the rain sodden La Mon hotel in County Down where I was helping out on our live coverage of the DUP conference. I've been asked to contribute a "colour " piece to our main news website so you should hopefully be able to see my more extended thoughts

In brief, though, this was a well attended occasion in which the party staked its round for the next election. It has decided its best option is to forge ahead with its committment to power sharing mounting a more full blooded justification of the decisions taken by Ian Paisley back in 2007.

Peter Robinson still maintained a fair degree of ambiguity over the timing of the transfer of justice powers, but London and Dublin are likely to take heart from the tone of his speech, in which he tried to portray his critics (especially Jim Allister) as "unionist cave dwellers".

Although the DUP leader said Stormont's future couldn't be guaranteed, he added that his party wouldn't walk away.

I shall have an interview with Mr Robinson on Inside Politics on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Ulster tomorrow after the one o'clock news.

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