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".