TUV to sit this one out
| 10:17 UK time, Monday, 4 August 2008
The TUV Fermanagh Branch met on Friday evening and according to a well-placed source decided not to field a candidate in the Enniskillen by-election next month. The decision will be discussed by TUV officers before a decision is announced. It's thought the TUV will state it does not want to risk handing a unionist seat to Sinn Fein, in a close race. Already the DUP has selected the enterprise minister Arlene Foster - but so far no word on candidates from the SDLP or SF. The Ulster Unionists have selected Basil Johnston.
Of course the TUV may show more enthusiasm if a byelection was called in Kilkeel. The Newry and Mourne Council is meeting this evening to make a decision on co-opting a new councillor following the death of the SDLP's Michael Cole. But if there is an objection, it could spark a byelection.
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