Sylvia Hermon Rejects UCUNF as UUP Reveals 17 Westminister Nominees

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I think that 99% is out of date.
Also I mean openly gay.

OK, 98.9% white. With a lot of conservative Christians.

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So far the DUP have confirmed:

Jeffrey Donaldson has been re-selected for Lagan Valley
Gregory Campbell has been re-selected for East Derry
Ian McCrea, son of Willie, has been selected to stand in Mid-Ulster

North Antrim will be decided this coming week.
No word yet on South Antrim.

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Norman Baxter has ruled himself out of the running for F & ST.

Fermanagh unity talks despite Baxter withdrawal - Belfast Today

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Thought I'd bump this in light of yesterday's vote on P & J - and the UUP's part in it.

It seems that Sylvia Hermon is one smart lady.

I wonder when - or indeed if - the Ulster Consevatives & Unionists (New Force) will be selecting the other nine candidates Mr Cameron promised us?

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Sylvia Hermon looks a shoe in if she decides to stand again.

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BBC News - DUP picks McCrea for South Antrim

Still no final word on whether Willie will face UUP homophobe Adrian Watson.

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Sylvia Hermon has laid into the UUP for voting against the devolution of Policing & Justice, saying it was against all she thought the party stood for. In a dangerously liberal moment she also said 'Sinn Féin are not out enemy'. That one might come back to haunt her if she runs again as an independent.

BBC News - Hermon regret at UUP decision on policing and justice

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All this praise of her in the blogosphere has only made her head even bigger. She's so far up her own keister she can see her wisdom teeth.

I predict, and hope for, a defeat for Lady Hermon as a wake up call to all other politicians who think they are bigger than the party to which they belong.

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All this praise of her in the blogosphere has only made her head even bigger. She's so far up her own keister she can see her wisdom teeth.

I predict, and hope for, a defeat for Lady Hermon as a wake up call to all other politicians who think they are bigger than the party to which they belong.

That could equally describe her main rival Ian Parsley, who was too big for Alliance.

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Rodney McCune - East Antrim.
Lesley McAuley - East Londonderry
Paula Bradshaw - South Belfast
David Harding - Foyle
Irwin Armstrong - North Antrim
Ian Parsley - North Down
Tom Elliott - Fermanagh South Tyrone

South Antrim undecided.