"Democracy is(n't) being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least."

There’s an inherent contradiction between this:

Robinson: Sinn Fein coalition stronger than ever

And this:

Further splits in the unionist vote will see Sinn Féin top the poll in June’s European election, the Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson warned today.

How about you stop treating the electorate as morons and give them the widest possible choice at the ballot box- in other words, why not let democracy decide?

I’m convinced the more Unionist candiates there are, the higher the aggregate Unionist first choice vote will be, which would surely be more important than a short-term localised propaganda victory for Sinn Fein?

And this has been diarised for future referral:

Amid rumours that some DUP heavy-hitters are reluctant to take a posting to the European Parliament, Mr Robinson dismissed speculation a senior party figure might stand for election, only to hand the post on to a colleague at a later date.

“Of course not,” said Mr Robinson. “Put it this way, the Democratic Unionist Party when they put Jim Allister forward, were putting somebody who was virtually unknown, because we have a party vote.”