Two families bereaved by drink driving are calling for Mr Hussey to step aside – and for the UUP to reverse its decision to allow him to stand
The families of two people killed by drink driving have called on the UUP to overturn a decision to choose triple-convicted drink driver Derek Hussey as an election candidate.
Read more: People Before Profit to stand candidates in every Derry and Strabane District DEA in this year's council election His sister, Aileen Tester, told Belfast Live there is a “huge moral question” that the UUP has failed to answer. “We, as a family and I know the Gallagher family too, had hoped that on reflection he would decide not to stand again – or that his party would see the strength of feeling.
“There are so many families who have lost loved ones. Accidents happen but drink driving is a choice. Drink driving isn’t an accident, it’s a choice, and it’s been a repeated choice.”
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