Ex-TV anchor to stand for Iris Robinson seat

A former TV anchor tonight insisted he can overturn a landslide majority and win the Westminster seat vacated by disgraced Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson.

Ex-TV anchor to stand for Iris Robinson seat
Wed, 17 Feb, 2010 - 18:06

A former TV anchor tonight insisted he can overturn a landslide majority and win the Westminster seat vacated by disgraced Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson.

Mike Nesbitt said a career quizzing politicians on why they were not doing things differently had spurred him to run in the Strangford constituency in the forthcoming general election.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: WestminsterPlace: StrangfordPlace: CambridgePerson: Iris RobinsonPerson: MPPerson: Mike NesbittPerson: Lynda BryansPerson: RobinsonPerson: First MinisterPerson: Peter RobinsonPerson: Paul MaguirePerson: NesbittPerson: Jim ShannonEvent: Iris Robinson scandalOrganisation: Ulster TelevisionOrganisation: Ulster Unionist/Organisation: Conservative PartyOrganisation: Democratic UnionistsOrganisation: BBC Northern IrelandOrganisation: UTVOrganisation: DUPOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: QCOrganisation: Ulster UnionistOrganisation: ToriesOrganisation: ToryOrganisation: Ulster Unionist/Conservative candidacy committeeOrganisation: UUP
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