UUP leader Doug Beattie denies making a pact with the DUP over candidates in the general election.
BBC News NI communities correspondentThe Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie has denied making a pact with the Democratic Unionist Party over candidates in next month’s General Election.
In the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency the DUP is not running, while the UUP is attempting to win back the seat it lost in 2017. He said that “resources are scarce, people are scarce” and instead the party would focus on the neighbouring South Antrim seat.South Antrim is one of four seats which Mr Beattie believes his party has a chance of winning.North Belfast used to be an Ulster Unionist stronghold. The late Cecil Walker was MP in the constituency for almost two decades in the 1980s and 1990s.
Mr Allister said voters opposed to the DUP’s approach to the Irish Sea trade border should be given an opportunity to record their verdict.
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