I hope that Jim Wells stands for election to Stormont as an independent or with another party

A letter from Lee Maginnis:
Jim Wells pictured in May 2016 after his re-election to the assembly for South DownJim Wells pictured in May 2016 after his re-election to the assembly for South Down
Jim Wells pictured in May 2016 after his re-election to the assembly for South Down

I am dismayed at the treatment of Jim Wells by the DUP.

Their longest serving Stormont politician and party member for 44 years.

He is a man of principle and the MLA who has represented myself and many like me, on many issues.

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As the DUP deselects him, they also seem to me to be abandoning a large section of the community who feel alienated from the party as it lurches to the left. We can only hope that Jim stands as an independent or finds a home with another party.

Lee Maginnis, Portadown

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