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SDLP: Good time to step down for burnt-out party leader

As for who replaces Mr Eastwood there’s only one obvious choice: his colleague on the Green benches, Claire Hanna.

The time has surely come for the MP who once almost severed ties with her party after Colum Eastwood forged a short-lasting “partnership” with Fianna Fáil.

Only Ms Hanna and the party’s eight MLAs are eligible to run for the leadership, according to party rules.

And one senior source said they would be “astonished” if there ended up being a contest instead of a coronation for Claire Hanna.

Mr Eastwood will no doubt be asked about that by reporters on Thursday but he will also be asked to account for his time in charge of the SDLP.

Bar a brief chink of electoral light in the 2019 Westminster election, the party struggled to cut through in almost every election while he was in charge – and there were plenty of them in the past nine years.

Can Mr Eastwood truly say that he has left the party in better shape than when he inherited it, and what advice will he have for his eventual replacement who faces the same unenviable task?


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