“there’s a lot of technical issues..”

For most of the first part of his interview on last night’s Hearts and Minds UUP leader Reg Empey was firmly on the same page, in regard to the future for Northern Ireland politics, as Conservative Party spokesman, Owen Paterson – as noted in the Irish Times today. He was slightly less sure-footed in the second half, see below the fold, on the question of “how you maximise the unionist vote..”

The interview continued

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