TUV leader Jim Allister said:
“Oh, the elitism of Alliance knows no bounds!
Now, electorally rejected Stephen Farry and colleague are to be parachuted into plum jobs by UU in a process which defies every component of conventional recruitment. Due process has been shamelessly jettisoned!
“Instead, jobs for the boy and girl of Alliance are secured through handpicking them, without the threat or trouble of competition, and all done under what is deceptively called ‘Exceptional talent Pool process’.
“What process? What exceptional talent?
UU, which is heavily publicly funded, should be ashamed of the blatant politicising of its processes and of the brazen preferential advancement of two Alliance hacks.”