🗣 'While the DUP denied taking voters for granted last time, it would be stretching political credibility to try the same tactic twice just six months apart.'
One of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's key pitches for taking up the DUP leadership was that he would lead his party from Stormont.Whereas rival Edwin Poots wanted to split the party leader and First Minister roles, Sir Jeffrey argued it was important to lead unionism from the Executive Office."I will not be leading remotely from Westminster," Sir Jeffrey said last year. "I will be on the ground and intend to fight the next Assembly election so that I can be based here.
"Well our party officers are meeting to discuss the arrangements for the selection of our candidates and we will take those decisions collectively," he told Belfast Live at Stormont on Thursday. While the DUP denied taking voters for granted last time, it would be stretching political credibility to try the same tactic twice just six months apart.
He told MPs in the Commons that he has "already committed to leave this place and to return to Stormont as the deputy First Minister". From the Northern Ireland Protocol to other thorny issues inside Stormont and exclusive interviews - we’ve got you covered.But stepping down as Lagan Valley MP - a role he has held for 25 years - would trigger a potentially tricky by-election in his constituency.
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