In my latest post on The Telegaph’s Brassneck blog I take a look at the stunning move by Cameron to bring the UUP into the Tory fold.  Here’s an extract:

"Perhaps ironically for parties such as the DUP the sense of optimism in the province goes hand-in-hand with a desire to participate actively in the politics of the union rather than the politics of unionism. And if Cameron can successfully get the UUP onboard the Tory Party stands to harness the raw power of that optimism, and in doing so will both bring Northern Ireland in from the cold and make all the more certain a Conservative victory at the next election."

If you’d like to read the whole thing it can be found here.