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A pity. Beattie struck me as a decent man, a man who wanted a pragmatic and constructive unionism, one in which people not of a traditionally unionist background could also feel at home.
I don't know if that's achievable. I do know that, if I wanted to preserve the Union, I'd be trying to achieve it.
One wonders when people will twig that the TUVification of unionism is a great gift to the shinners.
The Irish Times · Doug Beattie steps down as UUP leader due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officersThe Upper Bann Assembly member said leading the Ulster Unionist Party had been a ‘lonely’ experience at times
@marcas seems like he certainly had the potential to steer them better. Shame.
@davey_cakes @marcas I think that soft unionism constituency has already largely shifted to APNI