There are not many politicians who can change an entire culture and David Trimble is not alone in beng unable to swerve the public away from the identities they have held for hundreds of years. Perhaps he has forced himself into this position for the same reason that John Major did and for the reason Sinn Fien are unable to bringabout decommissioning - because like politicians everywhere they have lost touch with popular opinion. The question is - are they the true power base? I would have thought in these days of devolution and of an expanding Europe, that Unionists would have wanted to take an entirely different path to that which they seem to take.