Unionist derides DUP 'lonely hearts advert'

A senior Ulster Unionist tonight claimed two former Assembly colleagues had failed to persuade others in the party to join them in defecting to the rival DUP.

Former Stormont Culture Minister Michael McGimpsey ridiculed pleas from Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson and Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Arlene Foster for others to join them, claiming it read like a “lonely hearts advert.”