Ulster Unionist Justice spokesperson, Tom Elliott MLA has described Sinn Fein`s call for a Border Poll as just another divisive, political stunt.
Mr Elliott said, “Sinn Fein`s call for a Border poll is nonsense, designed to destabilise the current political arrangements. Northern Ireland`s constitutional position was settled in 1998 with the Belfast Agreement. The Ulster Unionist Party has nothing to fear from a border poll, but Sinn Fein should move on and stop wasting time and money. It also exposes the hypocrisy of Sinn Fein`s position; on one hand calling for a shared future and on the other demanding a divisive border poll.’
“The 2011 Census provides very little evidence of a clamour for a United Ireland. Calling for a border poll doesn`t make sense and frankly, is just another divisive political stunt; a flag-waving exercise from Sinn Fein.’
“Northern Ireland`s people are economically and socially better off as part of the United Kingdom than any other arrangement.”