John Hunter Column: DUP weighs the risks of pactless poll
John HunterIN FERMANAGH-SOUTH Tyrone, now that an SDLP/Sinn Fein pact seems firmly out of the question, the big issue is whether the DUP is going to run a candidate to undermine pro-Agreement Ulster Unionist James Cooper at dire risk of letting a nationalist in.
Latest news is that the decision has been left to the DUP offficer- board.
Clearly, they'll have to put in a lot of late-night thinking on this one.
It seems clear that if Cooper doesn't get a straight run, Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew will shortly be abstaining from taking her Westminster seat.
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