But that apparently will not stop the culmination of his debut, in coming weeks, at the biggest party of them all, the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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Mr Bush, 57, has been in power since his United Democratic Party (UDP) won general elections in 2009.

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And as for all those who will no doubt continue to try to push me into leading a campaign for a U.K. exit, I only have this to say: if I couldn't even win a general election in the depths of a recession with my party united behind me, what makes you think I could win a referendum?

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Meanwhile, United Kingdom Unionist Party leader Robert McCartney predicted catastrophe for the Ulster Unionists at the forthcoming General and local government elections.

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