UUP and SDLP advance North’s politics a few inches forward

Analysis: Unionist conference is the birthplace of a new alternative to ‘Marlene’

 Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt during the party’s annual conference at the Ramada Hotel, Belfast. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire

Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt during the party’s annual conference at the Ramada Hotel, Belfast. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire

Unionism has a name for not-an-inch politics, but at the weekend the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Mike Nesbitt, with the co-operation of his SDLP counterpart Colum Eastwood, advanced Northern Ireland politics a few inches forward.

It may have passed the notice of some people, but Stormont now has a formal opposition in the form of the UUP and the SDLP.

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