I actually met David Ervine during my time as an Irish studies student at the University of North London. Ervine came to give a lecture there one of the great things about that university is that spokespeople from various political groups come to speak there including Bernadette Mcaliskey, Ken Mcguiness of the Ulster unionist party and many others I along with many of the students formed a good opinion of Ervine. This despite the fact that many of us were not inclined to be impressed by unionist or loyalist arguements. We came away convinced of the mans sincerety and were more optimistic about the possibility of peace in Northern Ireland.

Perhaps what impressed the students most was that Ervine was quickly persuaded to leave the after lecture wine and cheese party to join some of us in the pub accross the road.

A good man gone