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Thu 10 Oct 2008Why Cameron is courting the Ulster Unionists
OPINION:David Cameron might think he can appeal cost-free to aged colonels by being nice to the nicer unionists, writes Fionnuala O Connor
AS THEY gear themselves up for government, British Conservatives pause to rekindle the old bond with Ulster Unionists. What could David Cameron be thinking? No, not a merger, Sir Reg Empey confirmed after they met this week in Birmingham. The leader of the shrunken Ulster Unionists called it more a question of "co-operation and what we can offer the electorate together".
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