Irish Examiner View: DUP specialises in own goals

The latest political gambles by the DUP could cause the collapse of powersharing, and install Sinn Féin's Michelle O’Neill as First minister.

Edwin Poots during a press conference at Stormont.

If Edwin Poots were not a Young Earth creationist, he might be regarded as a political dinosaur. 

The former DUP leader and current agriculture minister at Stormont is in the habit of scoring own goals. Last June, he had to resign as leader after colleagues rebelled over a deal to revive the Northern Ireland assembly. Poots quit after 21 days.