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Doug Beattie says resigning as UUP leader was "one of the hardest decisions" he's ever made. He says he will support any successor who continues to modernise the party & ensures it's seen as "forward thinking and progressive". belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

In the UUP’s heyday, its leadership was hotly contested. Three decades ago, the party’s big beasts did battle for the top job. David Trimble beat his 4 MP colleagues. It's a sign of the party's dwindling fortunes that nobody now truly wants to lead it. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Morning readers, here's a look at Thursday's Belfast Telegraph. Stay with us throughout the day for all your breaking news. Today's front page stories: 🗞️ It's war in UUP tinyurl.com/3r6y5y3n 🗞️ Declassified files tinyurl.com/24t5cyhc

#Belfast If you burn out a restaurant and daub “Muslims out” on the building (even though the owner is Hindu) you are NOT:- - ‘A concerned citizen’ - ‘A decent person’ - ‘Someone with legitimate concerns’ - ‘A second class citizen in your own country’ - ‘A defender of children’

EXCLUSIVE: LucidTalk Assembly poll for Belfast Telegraph shows SF increasing its lead at the top as DUP support plummets. 🔷SF 30% - (+1 from May) 🔷DUP 18% - (-3) 🔷Alliance 15% - (unchanged) 🔷UUP 12% (+1) 🔷TUV 9% 9 (+1) 🔷SDLP 8% ( unchanged) belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

The smaller parties results in LucidTalk poll for Belfast Telegraph: 🔷Greens 2% - (+1 from May) 🔷People Before Profit 1% - (unchanged) 🔷Aontú 1% (-1) 🔷Independents/others 4% - (unchanged) belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

SF dwarfs its unionist & nationalist rivals on 30% in the new LucidTalk poll. Michelle O’Neill’s personal popularity, her party’s grassroots graft, & the greening of the nationalist community, mean neither the DUP nor SDLP can lay a glove on SF. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

The RSA's latest ad sparks controversy for claims losing your license means losing independence—but what about the lives at risk from drink driving? When will we stop framing #roadsafety through the narrow lens of the driver? My piece in Irish Independent independent.ie/opinion/commen…

Doug Beattie gets it. He knows it isn’t SF, the Irish Sea border, or a ‘treacherous’ British govt which poses the main threat to the Union. Rather, the deepest wounds are self-inflicted. Whatever his flaws, the UUP leader lacked neither humanity nor heart. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

EXCLUSIVE: 6 times as many unionists as nationalists believe immigration is too high in NI, LucidTalk poll for Belfast Telegraph finds: 🔷82% unionists 🔷13% nationalists 🔷10% Alliance voters Just 25% of unionists say immigration is good for our economy/society. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

The views of SF, SDLP & Alliance voters are identical on immigration. LucidTalk poll for Belfast Telegraph shows it’s yet again unionists who sit outside the majority consensus. A siege mentality is self-defeating when you need new support to win a border poll. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

BREAKING: Claire Hanna is on course to be the next SDLP leader as Colum Eastwood steps down. Only Hanna & the party’s 8 MLAs are eligible to run. Sources say she will stand & there is unanimous support for her among the party's Stormont team. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

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SDLP members are brimming with optimism about the party leadership changing hands next month. “I’ve no doubt there’ll be a bounce after Claire Hanna becomes leader," says one. "We’ll see people wanting to get on board because she’s at the helm.” belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

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