Article 5K72F Edwin Poots resigns as DUP leader after 21 days in post

Edwin Poots resigns as DUP leader after 21 days in post

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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#5K72F)

Leadership drama in Northern Ireland's biggest party could sink the power-sharing assembly at Stormont

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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