The incoming DUP leader has said getting rid of the Northern Ireland Protocol will be his top priority in the coming months.
Edwin Poots said he is planning a showdown with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach Michael Martin within his first 90 days in office to try and resolve the post-Brexit trade arrangements.
Stormont’s current agriculture minister also told the Sunday Life newspaper he will not attend north-south ministerial meetings until the protocol issue is resolved.
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with the newspaper, Mr Poots discussed post-Brexit trade arrangements, reforming and rebuilding the DUP, working with other parties, the Irish language, and when his predecessor Arlene Foster should stand down as First Minister.
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Sophie Wilde thought the audition was a complete disaster. She had balanced a tripod and camera on a wobbly tower of books, recruited a friend to read opposite her via Zoom, and embarked on a frenzy of tidying so it wasnât obvious that she was in her bedroom. Even then, Sophie didnât quite know where to focus her eyes as she performed two scenes for the audition tape.
Sophie had no doubt she wanted this job â it was the first audition where she had felt gut-certainty that it was the right role. She sent off the video during the early stages of the coronavirus lockdown. A few weeks passed with no response. Then a month. Then a few more. Well, Sophie reasoned, welcome to acting. It is, after all, an industry built on the back of the proverb that if at first you donât succeed, try, try again.