SURE it’s only an election…
While the NI Executive is rowing about the cost of devolving Policing and Justice, it has emerged just how costly elections can be!
The Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland has released the figures for the Euro poll.
And one cannot help but wonder whether the Alliance Party is ruing the price tag of more than 43 grand on defector Cllr Ian Parsley…
The DUP coughed up almost 14 big ones more than Jim Allister’s TUV in their campaign, while Sinn Féin spent £13,000 more than the SDLP.
But…the Ulster Unionists and Conservatives submitted separate returns for Jim Nicholson. The UUP said they spent £34k on Nicholson, while the Conservatives said they spent more than £60k.
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DUP spent £155,000 in the election
TUV spent £91,000 - just over half of what was spent on Dodds' campaign.
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