Edwin Poots
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 59 |
| Date of birth | May 27,1965 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Lisburn |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Glynis Poots |
| Party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Children | Luke Poots |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | Wallace High School, Lisburn |
| Greenmount Agricultural College | |
| College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Greenmount Campus | |
| Parents | Charles Poots |
| Position | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland since 2022 | |
| Previous position | Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland (2020–2022) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 554032 |
Edwin Poots Life story
Edwin Poots is a British politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from May to June 2021. He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1998.
Varadkar - Blues brother or big mouth?
... Sheer frustration So is it true that the fractures exposed two years ago when Arlene Foster was deposed have never healed? Not exactly, according to one who was on the side of her nemesis, Edwin Poots, at that time...
NI Protocol: Poots denies letter tried to dilute protocol bill
...The former Stormont agriculture minister Edwin Poots has dismissed a report that he tried to dilute the Northern Ireland Protocol bill...
DUP conference: Donaldson to call for union support in speech
... Last year saw DUP infighting that led to Arlene Foster and Edwin Poots...
NI election 2022: DUP faces electoral challenge after a torrid year
... She was succeeded by Edwin Poots and he in turn resigned weeks later to be replaced by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson...
DUP MLA Christopher Stalford dies aged 39
... He once described himself as an Arlene Ultra when Arlene Foster was party leader - but last year he supported Edwin Poots in his bid for leadership...
Brexit: Sea border checks order suspended by High Court
...DUP Minister Edwin Poots directions to halt Irish Sea border checks will be suspended, the High Court has ordered...
DUP: Stormont parties to meet after Givan resignation
... DUP minister Edwin Poots ordered officials on Wednesday to halt post-Brexit checks at Northern Ireland s ports on goods arriving from Great Britain...
Brexit: What's the Northern Ireland Protocol?
... Why are inspections being ordered to stop? It s currently unclear whether the order to stop checks at Northern Ireland ports - made by Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) minister Edwin Poots - has been carried out...
NI Protocol: Poots denies letter tried to dilute protocol bill
The former Stormont agriculture minister Edwin Poots has dismissed a report that he tried to dilute the Northern Ireland Protocol bill.
The ex-DUP leader responded to a newspaper article which suggested he wrote to the government to argue Northern Ireland 's farmers would be better off under the protocol.
The DUP has blocked Northern Ireland 's executive and assembly from forming in its protest against the protocol.
Mr Poots has said he supports The Bill .
He added the legislation, which would override parts of the protocol, is " necessary to deal with the constitutional and economic damage being done to Northern Ireland ".
The protocol keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU's single market for goods to ensure free trade can continue across the Irish land border post-Brexit.
It has, however, in turn angered unionist politicians by adding new checks to some goods being moved between Northern Ireland and Great Britain .
The DUP has said this undermines Northern Ireland 's constitutional position and The Party has, since February, withheld its support for the formation of Stormont's governing executive.
On Friday, the reported that Mr Poots wrote to the then-UK environment, food and rural affairs secretary, George Eustice .
It said Mr Poots argued it was " unacceptable" that the protocol bill would force farmers to accept the same agricultural subsidy as the rest of the UK.
In response, Mr Poots has said he " reasonably suggested one change which would maximise the UK's ability to use state aid Under World Trade Organisation rules".
A new subsidy system is expected to come fully into force in the UK from 4 January, which is designed to allow the devolved regions to deliver subsidies tailored for their needs.
The newspaper reported that Mr Poots could not recall if he received a response from London.
The UK government and the EU about the protocol, while the legislation continues to progress through parliament.
Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister accused Mr Poots of putting " expediency before principle" by writing The Letter , to which Mr Poots replied " it does not dilute The Bill in any way, on the contrary it makes it better".
Source of news: bbc.com
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