DUP candidate is 'very close personal friend' of top Shinner
08 March 2011
Statement by TUV Assembly candidate in East Belfast Harry Toan:-
"Sinn Fein's endorsement of DUP Assembly candidate for East Belfast, Sammy Douglas, will cause many unionists to reflect on just how far the DUP has departed from its core values and stance.
"The adulation of Mr Douglas from Martin O'Muilleoir is no recommendation. Nor is being a 'very close personal friend' of a prominent Shinner a boast of which to be proud. Mr Douglas may, to the great satisfaction of his close personal friend, O'Muilleoir, speak the tongue of the Gael, but I'd far rather speak the tongue of the ordinary folk of East Belfast in opposing the laentable failure of the DUP/Sinn Fein coalition at Stormont.
"Now we know why other hopefuls for the DUP nomination failed - they couldn't speak Irish or carry the personal endorsement of Sinn Fein!"
