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Poots: A man who does not quite believe in the past

Poots: A man who does not quite believe in the past — Democratic Unionist Party new elected leader Edwin Poots leaving Stormont, Belfast after making a statement. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Fri, 14 May, 2021 - 20:45

Rory Carroll, Guardian

The Democratic Unionist party has entrusted its future to a man who does not quite believe in the past.

Edwin Poots is a young-Earth creationist who thinks the planet is 6,000 years old.

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