People in Portadown on Saturday afternoon were reluctant to talk about the Ulster Unionist Council vote. Lining the streets for an Orange parade, they said they had not heard the result yet, or that they had no interest. Then they looked away or shook their heads.
"What vote?" asked one young man, wearing the band uniform of the Junior Orange Order which paraded along the bottom of the Garavaghy Road on Saturday afternoon.
"We don't know about any vote," said three elderly people, as they stood watching the band that was playing The Sash. But there were some people who were less reticent. "I'm really happy with Mr Trimble for pulling it off," said one man who was walking along the town's main street. "The whole world is changing - it's about time Northern Ireland started to change. A small minority will not be happy but that is always the way."
However, another man who was happy to talk, but did not want to be named, said: "I don't think it is a very good thing to let terrorists into government and I think it is actually shameful that David Trimble would lead the unionist people down that direction. He has already put them to the test and they failed the test. How many tests do you need?"
Another local man leant on the wall and watched the parade pass - "the result is excellent," he said. "At least David Trimble is trying to do something. These people here" - he pointed at the Orange Order - "they are sectarian and bigoted".
At the bottom of the Garavaghy Road, a member of the Orange Order who had voted No at the UUC meeting gave his reaction.
"We are disappointed in the sense that we have to go into government again with an organisation who have not given up any arms or followed through with any of their promises," said Mr Robert Oliver.
"The decision has been made. What we have got to do now is to see if Mr Trimble follows through with his promises to the unionist people that if the IRA do not start decommissioning he will pull out of government again".
Mr Oliver said that the issue of parades was of concern to the local community at the moment. "This is a children's parade. They are entitled to their rights to walk the road which they have been doing for many years. We have to make sure that their rights are kept for our youths of today and our youths of tomorrow".
Across the road an elderly man watched the proceedings from his doorway. Soldiers, riot police and steel barriers had all been employed to ensure the parade passed peacefully.
"It was raining stones here a while ago," he said, as some locals heckled the soldiers. "You get that all the time".
The vote, he said, was "a very, very tight fit". He added: "I'm happy enough; it's an improvement, I think . . . a lot of people round here just want everything to stay the same".
One young man walking in the town seemed to be genuinely unaware of the events at the Waterfront Hall. He said he was more interested in the sports results.
When it was explained what issues were being voted on by the UUC, he said it didn't matter to him. "Protestant, Catholic - I don't care. I hang around with everybody, it makes no difference to me, none at all," he said.