I don't know much about it - but I assume that it's for historical reasons, because they never got any seats over there anyway.
I'd be in favour of them having candidates over there, thinking about it, because I think there ought to be options for people whose primary motivation is not whether NI is part of the UK or ROI.
Should any nominally UK party be compelled to field candidates in every constituency? What do you think about the SNP? As a nationalist party are they automatically disqualified? Who really represents Ulster Unionists and Sinn Fein in the UK mainland?
Nope - parties should, in my opinion, be collections of politicians who are like-minded enough to form coalitions. Forcing them to stand somewhere doesn't seem to be terribly useful. And there aren't enough Unionists or Republicans on the mainland for them to need representation...
(All in my opinion, of course - I'm sure I'm not mainstream in my views)
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I'd be in favour of them having candidates over there, thinking about it, because I think there ought to be options for people whose primary motivation is not whether NI is part of the UK or ROI.
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(All in my opinion, of course - I'm sure I'm not mainstream in my views)