Irish Examiner view: New unionist leader means a clean slate

Jeffrey Donaldson represents a rump of a community with legitimate concerns

Jeffrey Donaldson.

Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson is to become the next leader of the Democratic Unionist Party five weeks after he was narrowly defeated by Edwin Poots in the race to succeed Arlene Foster. 

Ms Foster’s leadership was brought to an unexpected end because elements within the DUP imagined her weak and too willing to compromise.