David Cameron will today reach out to voters beyond the Conservatives' traditional English heartland by reinstating the party's historic links with the Ulster Unionists. The Conservative leader believes that restoring the connection severed more than 30 years ago will broaden the party's appeal outside England. Cameron is hoping the move, which would be one of the biggest shake-ups of the Conservative party for decades, can be emulated in Scotland, where the party has never recovered from Margaret Thatcher's hugely unpopular introduction of the poll tax. As voters in Glasgow East go to the polls in a Westminister byelection today, Cameron is acutely aware that without drastic action, he faces the prospect of winning the next general election with almost no MPs outside England. In a joint letter by Cameron and the Ulster...
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