May Steele says she is pleased the Provisional IRA has again allowed inspection of arms dumps, but she thinks it has not been within the spirit of the Belfast Agreement.
"The IRA has done this just before our UUC meeting. It seems to have acted begrudgingly and only because our leadership was experiencing trouble. There should be more good will than that. The IRA should be opening its dumps because of the commitments it made in the agreement. There must be some actual handing over of weapons, too."
Ms Steele fears the two international inspectors, Cyril Ramaphosa and Martti Ahtisaari, are being hoodwinked. "They are two very well-meaning gentlemen but they are foreigners. The IRA could bamboozle them."
Despite what she sees as inadequate movement on decommissioning, she will support Mr Trimble at today's UUC meeting. "I trust him 100 per cent. He is smart and articulate. No other leader has kept his party better informed.
"This is a vital time for Northern Ireland. The British government isn't on our side. David Trimble needs a united party. We should rally round him and ensure his hand is as strong as possible."
Ms Steele, who lives in Islandmagee, Co Antrim, has been a UUP member for over 30 years and works at the party offices at Stormont. Her husband, Sam, who died six years ago, was involved for 50 years.
"Sam would be broken-hearted if he saw the infighting now. I'm very disappointed in some of our MPs. They weren't elected to attack the party leader," she says.
"I was so proud when the programme for government was published on Tuesday. The old Stormont worked very well for Northern Ireland and the new one is doing the same.
"It's great to see local people running affairs. Reg Empey, our Enterprise Minister, understands the economy like nobody since Brian Faulkner. He is far better at the job than all the ministers who flew over from London once a week.
"The new institutions are wonderful for our young people. They provide another layer of government. There is something to aim for other than just being elected on to the council."
Ms Steele stresses that she has doubts about the implementation of the Belfast Agreement. "My big worry is policing. The UUP has been prepared to accept most of the Patten report's recommendations on operational matters. But the RUC's name and badge are precious to us. There must be some compromise.
"I don't want to tie David Trimble's hands by saying he should withdraw from government if certain demands aren't met, but policing is an issue on which nationalists and the government must move."
Ms Steele accuses the SDLP of not making enough effort for the peace process. "It has moved too close to Sinn Fein. It needs to return to the middle ground and try to find common cause with the UUP."
While she still supports the agreement, she believes its implementation is increasingly seen by unionists as biased. "We feel we are being squeezed at every turn and all the decisions are going against us. If this process is to survive, there has to be equality for all."