Edwin Poots resigns as DUP leader after 21 days in post

Leadership drama in Northern Ireland’s biggest party could sink the power-sharing assembly at StormontEdwin Poots has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) after colleagues rebelled over a deal to revive the Northern Ireland assembly, triggering a new political crisis in the region.Poots quit on Thursday night after just 21 days in the job, the latest drama in a leadership meltdown in Northern Ireland’s biggest party that could sink the power-sharing assembly at S