Cancer op to poll win: New DUP leader Poots has remarkable start to 2021

Cancer op to poll win: New DUP leader Poots has remarkable start to 2021

Stormont Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots, with a pony at Ashleigh Masseyā€™s farm near Ballygowan (David Young/PA)

Fri, 14 May, 2021 - 17:04
Rebecca Black and Jonathan McCambridge, PA

Just months after undergoing a major cancer operation, Edwin Poots has completed a remarkable political comeback by being elected the DUPā€™s new leader.

The Stormont Agriculture minister won over the party electorate with his ā€œstrength and experience to leadā€ strapline.

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