Sinn Féin MP in Tory fringe debate

A Sinn Féin MP will become the first member of his party to take part in a debate during the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool today.

Conor Murphy, who captured the Newry and Armagh seat at the last General Election, will take part in a debate in Blackpool which will also feature Democratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson, the Conservatives’ Northern Ireland spokesman David Lidington and Ulster Unionist Assembly member David Burnside.