Alliance is a small party which has lost votes in recent elections to other pro-Agreement politicians. It has never held a Westminster seat.
Some people are hellbent on turning it into a re-run of the referendum.
Mr Neeson said his party would not now be contesting North Belfast, Upper Bann, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Mid Ulster and Newry and Armagh. He added that in each of these constituencies the party would ask its supporters to vote for the pro-Agreement candidate with the best chance of winning. The party is still fighting ten of the eighteen seats. It is likely that the Alliance votes in many of these constituencies could affect the outcome. He has been critical of the SDLP and Ulster Unionist Party for pursuing their own electoral ambitions at the expense of what he sees as the greater interest of the pro-Agreement alliance.