evidence: Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie claimed there will not be a united Ireland for generations as he urged voters to set aside the constitutional question to focus on the cost-of-living crisis. [...] Making his pitch to voters, the Upper Bann MLA characterised the UUP as a pro-Union party that will "do more than just say no". [...] Addressing the outdoor manifesto launch on a bitingly cold spring day, with UUP election candidates seated behind him, Mr Beattie said: "Regardless of what others are saying, there will be no fundamental change to the constitutional position of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.