Unionists pursue sectarian agenda in election

The Ulster Unionist Party, the DUP and the British Conservative Party have agreed to back a “unionist unity” candidate in next month’s Westminster election in an effort to unseat Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew from the seat famously won by Bobby Sands in 1981.

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