Suzanne Breen on the UUP: Beattie and Burrows battle it out
The UUP’s fortunes, or at least its leader’s, had been rising in the polls – but now the party is sinking into civil war.
Its former leader Doug Beattie has quit the party and has launched a blistering assault on current leader Jon Burrows – even saying he “regretted” ever persuading Burrows to join the party.
Mr Beattie resigned from the UUP at the weekend, accusing former PSNI man Burrows of a “vindictive attempt” to oust him. Mr Burrows has yet to comment publicly. Meanwhile, reports suggest he doesn’t have the support of the party’s Stormont MLAs
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