Sam McBride(@SJAMcBride):It's highly significant that Sinn Féin is now calling on Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots to stand aside, and that the SDLP & Alliance are openly asking him tough questions. The catalyst is what he knew about Donaldson, but the backstory involves weeks of concern about another matter

Sam McBride

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Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.

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Sam McBride@SJAMcBride

2026.06.30 12:11

It's highly significant that Sinn Féin is now calling on Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots to stand aside, and that the SDLP & Alliance are openly asking him tough questions. The catalyst is what he knew about Donaldson, but the backstory involves weeks of concern about another matter

Belfast Telegraph@BelTel

2026.06.29 07:19

Is Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots out of control? @SJAMcBride joins @CiaranDunbar on the latest episode of The BelTel to discuss a strange decision, a huge U-turn... and no explanation