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MLA quit after 'row over Ballymena riots'
An Ulster Unionist assembly member decided to quit Stormont after a dispute over a party statement on rioting in Ballymena, ...
Former UUP leader 'beaten badly' in Army for being Irish
The former Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie has said he was "beaten badly" by instructors for being Irish when he ...
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Doug Beattie quits as Ulster Unionist Party leader citing ... - MSN
Doug Beattie has resigned as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) on Monday. In a statement this morning, Mr Beattie said that while the UUP had seen successes in the recent Westminster ...
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Doug Beattie: Upper Bann MLA has resigned as leader of Ulster Unionist Party
Mr Beattie, a former Captain in the Royal Ulster Rifles who was awarded the Military Cross, took over as leader of the UUP in ...
The Independent10mon
Nominations open for next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Nominations have opened for the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. Party officers met virtually on Tuesday morning to agree the process to replace outgoing leader Doug Beattie, who ...
The Financial Times10mon
Exit of Ulster Unionist leader leaves party at a crossroads
The party has 18 powerful constituency associations who often defy the UUP leadership, and can boast more members than the region’s biggest pro-UK political group, the Democratic Unionist party.
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UUP struggling to find new Chief Whip - as Andy Allen quits party discipline role at Stormont
Andy Allen has quit his role as Ulster Unionist Party chief whip – leaving the party with no obvious successor in the key ...
London Evening Standard10mon
Doug Beattie quits as Ulster Unionist Party leader
Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie is resigning from the post (Liam McBurney/PA) PA Wire. David Young. 19 August 2024. Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories ...