quite a difficult thing to do. Farage backed his old friends Ian Jr and Sammy. That tells you all you need to know about the standard of the company that those two MP'S keep!

Plus he has weakened Jim's threat to DUP seats in the General Election - why vote for nasty light when you can vote for the real thing by supporting Ian Jr and Sammy! This not going to help attract new voters.

Finally, Jim has learned that NI #UlsterUnionists are useful to English politicans until there not! (aka 'Boris')

‘The hope we had is gone’: how 20 months of stasis has paralysed Northern Ireland

While the DUP conference may put a brave face on the crisis, public services and even the state’s legitimacy are hollowing

The Guardian