Mr Wells said he would be 'very much in favour of' one of the candidates
DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley would be a "very good" choice in the party's deputy leadership contest, former Stormont colleague Jim Wells has said.
Upper Bann MLA Mr Buckley and East Belfast MP Mr Robinson are the only two candidates in the race, sources told Belfast Live.Mr Wells was a DUP South Down MLA but quit the party after being deselected as their candidate for the constituency in last year's Assembly election. He described Mr Buckley as being in the more "traditional" wing of the party and "less likely to concede ground on things like the Protocol and Windsor Framework".
"Because I think with him as deputy leader the party will drift more towards the centre and be less resolute on the big issues."
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