Lady Syliva Hermon is the only Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament. She went on the radio to explain why she had over-claimed more than £2,700 from the Westminster fees office for rent on a London flat between 2005 and 2006.
Whether intentional or not, she also then spoke out against the Ulster Unionist hook-up with the Tories.
A collective sigh of ‘oops’ could be heard round the body politick.
There were few that doubted Lady Sylvia’s reservations over the alliance with David Cameron’s Conservatives, but it was now laid bare.
Cue, barely restrained delight from the DUP, suggestions from the BBC that ‘Conservative’ MPs’ expenses claims had been the last straw and a measured response from Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey who argued that the good lady should not be disciplined.
Members of the DUP must have been sitting back with a sense of contentment, as the Conservatives and Unionists euro election campaign was momentarily derailed by the North Down MP’s revelations.
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