BBC News NI's political correspondent Gareth Gordon says internal divisions have been exposed again.
Back in the days when it was a much more significant player than it is now, a colleague used to refer to the Ulster Unionist Party as “a loose confederation of warring tribes.”He couldn’t even manage a union of his own party, which – though we don’t hear as much about the schisms as we did in the UUP of old – they clearly still exist.
Robin Swann, was, until his elevation to Westminster, one of five then current UUP assembly members to have lead the partyFor example if it is the current deputy leader, Robbie Butler, the first question will be “Didn’t you try to leave politics to become the children’s commissioner within the past two years? ”, aHowever, compared to trying to lead the Ulster Unionist Party the poison chalice of health minister must seem much more...
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