This studio piece sees UTV's Mike Nesbitt questioning David Ervine of the Progressive Unionist Party on his response to the IRA statement announcing a cessation of military operations.

The PUP were seen as the political wing of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a loyalist paramilitary group. As well as taking an obviously staunch line on constitutional matters, the PUP differed from the Ulster Unionist Party and the DUP by mixing their loyalist brand of unionism with progressive and socialist politics. While the DUP refused to engage with the notion of an IRA ceasefire, the PUP cautiously welcomed it.

Ervine puts across his point that he feels the loyalist people have been disenfranchised but that he is prepared to engage in wherever the process leads, concluding that "there is ample opportunity for this society to move forward in an honourable and equitable peace."

An Ulster Television Production.