Brexit barriers in focus as N.Ireland's DUP kicks off leadership contest


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  • Monday, 03 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster (C) sits with DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds (L), and DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson, during their meeting with Britain's Conservative party Leader and Prime Minister Theresa May, Britain's First Secretary of State Damian Green, and Britain's Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, and Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool/File Photo

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern' Ireland's biggest party was set for its first ever leadership election after its Westminster chief Jeffrey Donaldson threw his hat into the ring on Monday, promising to focus on the divisive issue of post-Brexit trade barriers.

Donaldson will stand against Edwin Poots to lead the Democratic Unionist Party at a time of heightened instability in the British province and unionist anger over the installation of a customs border in the Irish Sea.

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