Politics is a very brutal game, says Arlene Foster;

Politics is a very brutal game, says Arlene Foster. The outgoing DUP leader and Stormont First Minister said politics is brutal. Mrs. Foster visited an Ards peninsula primary school on Friday morning. Said she would wait until she steps down as First Minister at the end of June before deciding if she will leave the DUP entirely. It’s a tumultuous week, a week in which I’ve had to make some major decisions she said. But I believe the time has come to move on and do something new, and that is just what I want to do.

Mrs. Foster would leave her role as party leader on May 28. Hence, many have shocked by the speed at which her hold on control has slipped this week. Her resignation came a day after a majority of senior elected officials signed a vote of no confidence against indicating dissatisfaction with her leadership. Dissatisfaction with the DUP’s Brexit policy was a big factor, with party members blaming her for the existence of an Irish Sea frontier. Traditionalists from the party’s religious supremacist wing were also concerned about Mrs. Foster’s views on certain social topics.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots is the only DUP politician;

Stormont Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots is the only DUP politician. Who has declared his intention to run for the soon-to-be-vacant leadership Mrs. Foster said. During a visit to Kirkistown Primary Schools in Co, Down. Politics is a really violent game, and I think everyone knows that. I haven’t spoken to any of the friends who said to have signed the letters. So, you know, that’s their issue. I’ll move on and look ahead, and I’m looking forward to the next step in my life and what I’ll do about it. The First Minister expressed her optimism that the DUP would continue to “look ahead.”

I joined a party that wanted to look ahead and create a Northern Ireland for all. There were divides in society and wanted to strive to work with those divisions and move Northern Ireland forward. I hope that is the course of the party that continues. The number of people who wished to sign the letter, which I haven’t seen yet. I didn’t have the support of my colleagues because when you don’t have the support of your colleagues. You just can’t stay in the role of party chief. So the time has come to move on, to do something new and different, and I’m looking forward to the opportunity.