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Stormont wranglings only distract from fundamental problem 19 May, 2021 00:59
It was rumoured that in his failed ambition to become party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was prepared to put the Stormont institutions in jeopardy over the Irish Sea Protocol, ignoring the role his party played in bringing that situation about. Truth be told those institutions have been have been shaky for quite some time and may have come down sooner if it hadn’t been for the pandemic, where to walk away would have caused political annihilation to the party responsible, but that crisis is now passing.
The British, Free State and US governments continue to support the Good Friday Agreement and hold it up as an example to the world of a peace settlement but it was one where republicanism had to sacrifice everything and unionism nothing. There is no person who could objectively claim that the Stormont institutions following the GFA have provided good governance for the population. Th
Edwin Poots calls for unionism to unite and end the bickering of the past after his DUP leadership win The newly-elected DUP leadership team of Edwin Poots and Paula Bradley. Picture by Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire 15 May, 2021 01:00
MP for Lagan Valley Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leaves DUP headquarters after voting in the party s leadership election where he was defeated by Edwin Poots. Picture by Brian Lawless/PA Wire.
NEW DUP leader Edwin Poots has called for unionism to unite and end the bickering of the past.
In an acceptance speech that made no mention of nationalism or his political adversaries, the agriculture minister said he would be reaching out to his unionist counterparts in an effort to get unionism working together .