The Ulster Unionist Party was accused of being in disarray tonight after making an agreement about next year’s European election with a small hardline unionist party – and then insisting it was not an electoral pact. Party leader Reg Empey and senior party colleagues met MEP Jim Allister, who will be seeking to retain for his recently formed Traditional Unionist Voice the seat he won when a member of the Democratic Unionist Party. In what appeared to be a clear bid to stop the DUP getting back the seat Mr Allister took with him when he walked away, Sir Reg and Mr Allister announced an agreement to recommend unionist supporters use the transfer of votes between unionist candidates in what will be the PR election. In a joint statement, the two parties said: “With the European election, as the next scheduled election,...
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