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Exit of Ulster Unionist leader leaves party at a crossroads

Once dominant organisation is struggling to appeal to younger voters in a fragmented political landscape
Doug Beattie’s departure came despite the party successfully winning election of an MP to Westminster last month

Under decorated war veteran Doug Beattie, Northern Ireland’s once dominant Ulster Unionist party sought to marry traditional support for king and country with social liberalism.

But Beattie’s acrimonious exit as leader on Monday, after long-running internal tensions, leaves the smallest party in the region’s Stormont executive at a difficult crossroads and moderate pro-UK voters unsure of their political home.

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