New Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt urges colleagues not to ‘wash dirty linen in public’
Sole candidate said he was confident he had support of vast majority of UUP representatives
Doug Beattie
Mike Nesbitt likely to succeed Doug Beattie as Ulster Unionist Party leader
Mike Nesbitt in line to become next Ulster Unionist Party leader as deputy leader and Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler announces he would not stand
Mike Nesbitt likely to succeed Doug Beattie as Ulster Unionist Party leader
Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler announced he would not stand and gave backing to Nesbitt
Outgoing UUP leader rules out standing in any forthcoming leadership contest
Doug Beattie addresses speculation some party members want to see him reinstated
UUP opens nominations process as it moves to replace Beattie
Party leader resigned this week, citing internal tensions among reasons for departure
Doug Beattie’s personal failings would have mattered less if he had delivered votes
Beattie was unique in that nationalists, republicans and Alliance voters seemed to like him more than other unionists
The Irish Times view on the UUP leadership: time for a shift
The difficulty for the party is it is hemmed in on one side by the DUP and on the other by Alliance
Doug Beattie steps down as UUP leader due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officers
The Upper Bann Assembly member said leading the Ulster Unionist Party had been a ‘lonely’ experience at times
Government ready to work with DUP’s interim leader Gavin Robinson
Mr Robinson, who took over following shock resignation of Jeffrey Donaldson, has described developments as ‘devastating’
Stormont restoration talks making progress, Heaton-Harris says
Northern Ireland Secretary believes legislation can be brought forward to assuage DUP’s concerns on post-Brexit trading
Micheál Martin’s Shared Island: concrete cross-Border co-operation from an unlikely republican
€1bn ‘slush fund’ has overcome initial suspicions from unionism – but republicans think it falls short when it comes to aspirations for a united Ireland
DUP efforts to secure Government legal assurances reaching ‘important stage’
Jeffrey Donaldson has said DUP will not return to powersharing until UK government legislates to address concerns around sovereignty and trade
Newton Emerson: Bertie Ahern’s unsubtle advice to unionists is to start talking
Somehow the UUP can’t seem to capitalise on the DUP’s multi-year Brexit fiasco and epic leadership contest meltdown
DUP likely to re-enter Stormont in May, rival unionists believe
President Biden’s visit next week will encourage a return to power-sharing in the North, says Coveney
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