Cameron's Conservative/Ulster Unionist pact in tatters.

[Gromit]

Cameron has been courting the Ulster Unionists (UU) in the hope that if the election is close, there support might help him in a hung parliament. Alas, the UUs only MP has resigned rather than be part of Dave's show.

// David Cameron's alliance with the Ulster Unionists suffered a serious blow today when the party's only MP resigned and promised to stand as an independent in her North Down constituency.

Lady Hermon announced this morning that she would contest the seat she is favourite to hold – but not as an Ulster Unionist.

She will stand against the joint UUP-Conservative candidate Ian Parsley, who the party had already lined up in anticipation of Hermon's move, in one of the most affluent constituencies in Northern Ireland.

In a statement Hermon said she was leaving the party due to her refusal to support its pact with the Conservatives. //

is this election turning into a nightmare for the Tories?

[R1Geezer]

No, keep clutching at straws Gromit, your Noo Labour mates will be out soon.