Yet the senior at the table, Sir Rhys Hopkin-Morris, stated his political creed with clarity and conviction.

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The Public Record Office told the BBC it has never held the first page signed by Sir Edward on a table which is now kept in the council chamber in Belfast City Hall.

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Sure enough, Sir Paul McCartney was at the next table when Debbie, my wife, arrived with index cards.

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But a number of Conservative MPs have called for a rethink and the third runway is back on the table after being included among the options Sir Howard Davies is examining.

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