Senior members of the Orange Order from all
over the United Kingdom are in Westminster today, Wednesday,
October 29, to lobby against any possible changes to the Act
of Union.
The delegation consists of Robert Saulters,
Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Drew Nelson,
Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Ronald
Bather, Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of England,
Mike Phelan, Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge
of England, Ian Wilson, Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge
of Scotland and Robert McLean, Grand Secretary of the Grand
Orange Lodge of Scotland.
The Orangemen will meet MPs and Peers this afternoon
at a series of meeting to outline their concerns about any
possible change to the Act of Union.
Grand Secretary Drew Nelson said the Act of
Union was one of the foundation stones of the Constitution
of the United Kingdom.
"If you tamper with the foundation stone
of any structure there is a very real danger that it could
come tumbling down," he said.
"We believe that the people in Scotland
who are calling for independence are misguided. The Union
of the people from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
is in the best interests of all the citizens in the United
Kingdom."
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