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The DUP's new leader decided against speaking to the media - so here's what we would have asked him.

Edwin Poots emerges victorious in historic DUP leadership contest Aside from the media scrum, there was little sign that a significant moment in Stormont politics was under way DUP Leader Designate Edwin Poots (Image: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.) Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and we'll do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe ...

The 100th Anniversary of a Flawed Concept The State of ‘Northern Ireland’ was created 100 years ago. It was an artificial creation from the start. Ulster has nine counties, so to create a ‘State’ in which one group (unionists/protestants) would have a majority the British government restricted the new ‘State’ to six counties and left out three counties (Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan) in which there were sizable protestant and unionist minorities. It is fair to say therefore that the new ‘State’ was viewed with a degree of disdain by both Nationalists and Unionists from the outs...

Éamon De Valera and James Craig's meeting in 1921 did not go well with NI's formation still raw.

Why Ireland roots for Edwin Poots to head the DUP Instead of preventing a border poll, the selection of Poots as DUP leader would hasten one. Facebook Comments In politics, when your opponents are making a grave miscalculation it's conventional wisdom to let them proceed uninterrupted.  That may explain the stony silence from nationalist and republican quarters over the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leadership contest (if you could call it that) this weekend after Arlene Foster's ouster as party leader and First Minister. Read more Oddball candidate Edwin Poots tossed his hat int...