What will Sylvia say?

[ArtyQueing]

The chips are surely down for Sylvia Hermon now that the Conservatives, (and I will not honour them by calling them Tories), have cosied up to the UU's. She has supported the Labour Party in Westminster up to now - I cannot see how she can support the merge that is happening now.

I think you will see her stepping down form politics as soon as decency permits.

This is a risky business for the UU's. The english will not want to be associated with the rampant sectarian nature of the unionists. Can you really see them supporting the politicians at the OO marches and the speechifying at the field?

On the other hand they have totally wrong footed the DUP who, as Jim Nicholson has said, are going to be hobbled by a dirty internecine fight with Jim Allister's TUV.

[sadie85]

[QUOTE=ArtyQueing;1312565]The english will not want to be associated with the rampant sectarian nature of the unionists. Can you really see them supporting the politicians at the OO marches and the speechifying at the field?QUOTE]

Well they've made their bed now... I think they will support them at their marches etc, they will have to it wouldn't be much of a 'union' if they didn't. I mean are they not going to have to publicly support each other in such matters?

[Mr Crowley]

The chips are surely down for Sylvia Hermon now that the Conservatives, (and I will not honour them by calling them Tories).

Good point, Redmond O Hanlon was an honourable man unlike any English conservative or Irish Unionist dross.

[ArtyQueing]

Apparently she is none too please and will not take the Conservative whip. If this is true, and with people like Mcgimpsey and others who have a leftyish view concerned will the Unionist Party shatter altogether, I think Sir Reg has made a big gamble here, interesting to see if it pays off.