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Tories may join forces with Ulster Unionists



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Published Date: 24 July 2008
By Andrew Woodcock
THE Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland.
David Cameron, the Tory leader, revealed that discussion led to a decision last week to set up a working group on the creation of the new movement.

The group is expected to discuss a merger or if the parties should work in an alliance, and will report to Mr Cameron and the UUP leader, Sir Reg Empey, in the autumn.

If an agreement is reached, UUP MPs could be invited to serve as ministers in future Tory administrations.

>BULLETS
The cross-party group of MPs will attempt to force a vote in the Commons by tabling an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in the autumn.

The amendment would allow women to have an abortion on the NHS in Northern Ireland.



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  • Last Updated: 24 July 2008 12:38 AM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Conservative Party
 
1

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 24/07/2008 07:47:36
In its heyday, the UUP may have been the only official Unionist party in Ulster but it has since been overtaken by events during the 30 years IRA war,
and Ian Paisley's alternative DUP.

It now has only one Westminster MP, and half the number of MLA's as the DUP at Stormont, along with diminished numbers of local councillors.

With the split in the Unionist vote, it now overshadowed by the Democratic Unionist Party.

Politics in Northern Ireland are of course diametrically opposite from Scotland but there are striking similarities with the declining Scottish Conservative AND Unionist Party.
2

donald,

glasgow 24/07/2008 09:07:40
Labour is the North British conservative an Unionist party in Scotland
3

Scottish 'N British,

24/07/2008 11:59:14
1

Working in alliance, Cameron need not rely on Salmond's motley crew.

The Separatist "deal maker/deal breaker" agenda is set to be sunk.

4

Euan404,

Edinburgh 24/07/2008 17:22:52
The UUP certainly isn't anathema to all Catholics; John Gorman was one of their MLAs in Stormont before stepping down in 2002 at the age of 79.

 

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