UUP leader Doug Beattie has vowed to “get rid” of a “disgruntled member” of the party who leaked internal party communications to the Belfast Telegraph.
From personal experience, I recognise some of the problems Jon Rainey identifies in the report he wrote for Doug Beattie’s attention. I also know how the reforms he has suggested will likely be treated.
Political consultant and UUP member Jon Rainey describes the party as being deeply shaken by the defection of its North Down councillor Carl McClean to the DUP last month.