However, Alex Easton has now confirmed that he will take part in an interview with this newspaper about his general election bid. On Wednesday, the News Letter reported that Mr Easton had declined the offer of an interview. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
That prompted Mr Beattie to post on social media platform X saying that “scrutiny is important, hiding from the media is not a good look”. Mr Easton later confirmed that he will take part in interview. It comes amid calls from the Ulster Unionist candidate Tim Collins for more public debates with his general election rivals in North Down.
Mr Collins was interviewed by the News Letter earlier this year, soon after his candidature was announced. Advertisement Advertisement The interview prompted much commentary on social media after the UUP man made a number of controversial statements – and his leader said that his comments didn’t reflect party policy. The UUP candidate said: “In the privacy of the polling booth, when people had the choice to pay 60 euros for every visit to the doctor, and 60 euros for every every prescription – if Disability Living Allowance went away and people had to get up in the morning and go to work – I think that the Union would be secure between about 85 and 90 per cent”.
The comments faced criticism on social media, given that Disability Living Allowance wa.
