The fomer DUP leader said Unionist opposition to the Good Friday Agreement in 1999 was “complex” and “multi-layered”
Unionist opposition to the Good Friday Agreement in 1999 was “complex” and “multi-layered”, former First Minister Arlene Foster said as she paid tribute to a late colleague on Tuesday.
Mr Brewster, a prominent solicitor in Limavady who was also well-known for his involvement with Limavady United FC, the Orange Order and local politics, passed away suddenly in 2021.Mrs Foster, now a Baroness in the House of Lords, delivered a memorial lecture for Mr Brewster at the Limavady Orange Heritage Centre, where she reflected on their time together in the Ulster Unionist Party during a seminal time in Northern Ireland’s history.
“He was slightly ahead of me, I think about six years older than me, and he really made his presence felt within the party and indeed outside of the party, alongside Drew Nelson [the late Orange Order Grand Secretary] and someone else called Jeffrey Donaldson – I wonder whatever happened to him?” "The press called us ‘baby Barristers’. In fact, three of us were barristers and three of us were solicitors – myself, David and Drew.
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