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Ulster Unionists and Tories to field joint candidates
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jul 23, 2008 07:13pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Media | Newspaper - Independent |
| News Date | Thursday, July 24, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Conservatives and the Ulster Unionist Party will today set out plans to "create a new political force in Northern Ireland".
David Cameron and Sir Reg Empey, the Ulster Unionist leader, will announce moves to field joint candidates in the province at the next election, The Independent has learnt.
Both parties insist they are not contemplating a full-blown merger, but want to forge much closer ties.
The Ulster Unionists have always been regarded as natural allies of the Conservative Party and the link will be underlined by candidates standing under the banner of "Conservative and Unionists" in future Northern Ireland elections. The party has suffered a sharp decline in the past five years, losing tens of thousands of voters to the hard-line Democratic Unionist Party. |
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