Edwin Poots hopes to be the next DUP leader STORMONT Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced his intention to stand for the leadership of the DUP. The widely anticipated move by Poots came 24 hours after Arlene Foster announced her intention to stand down as party leader and Stormont First Minister. Her resignation came a day after party colleagues unhappy with her leadership moved against her, with a majority of senior elected representatives signing a letter of no confidence. Discontent at the DUP’s Brexit strategy was a major factor, with party rank-and-file laying some of the blame for the emergence of an Irish Sea border at her door.
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