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Edwin Poots resigns as DUP leader after 21 days in post
theguardian.com ^ | June 17, 2021 | Rory Carroll

Posted on 06/17/2021 10:13:59 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Edwin Poots has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) after colleagues rebelled over a deal to revive the Northern Ireland assembly, triggering a new political crisis in the region.

Poots quit on Thursday night after just 21 days in the job, the latest drama in a leadership meltdown in Northern Ireland’s biggest party that could sink the power-sharing assembly at Stormont.

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1 posted on 06/17/2021 10:13:59 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Just read the whole article. What a mess this party made of themselves.


2 posted on 06/17/2021 10:21:13 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

I have many friends and family in Ulster. This is what happens when you surrender to terrorists. When Rev Paisley agreed to go into government with that scumbag Mcguiness, the writing was on the wall. Thank God for Jim Allister and the TUV. And before the jackasses who support the IRA chime in, remember who they are and where they got their training and arms from.


3 posted on 06/18/2021 3:49:35 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative (Isaiah 40:31)
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