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Mon 11 Nov 2002UUP will be heavily punished by voters - RobinsonDUP deputy leader Mr Peter Robinson has said the Ulster Unionists' days of leadership are over and the party will be heavily punished at the next Assembly elections.Addressing his party's annual conference, he spoke of the UUP's "ineffective voice and incompetent team". They had shown their true worth by negotiating the "failed" Belfast Agreement and allowing "terrorists" into government.