Ben Lowry: It is clear that Edwin Poots is not taking the DUP in a remotely hardline direction

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Subscribe              Jun 6, 2021           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Ben Lowry: It is clear that Edwin Poots is not taking the DUP in a remotely hardline direction           The elevation of Edwin Poots to DUP leader was widely reported as a lurch to a hardline position by the party.                 Book review: How British agents infiltrated and penetrated every level of the IRA for over 30 years   There are actually two narratives in Agents Of Influence: separate, yet crucially interconnected.           Ben Lowry: Edwin Poots is clearly not taking the DUP in a hardline direction   The elevation of Edwin Poots to DUP leader was widely reported as a lurch to a hardline position by the party.           PSNI make final appeal to organisers of 'largest ever' NI Protocol rally before it starts today   The PSNI has made a fresh appeal to organisers of an anti-NI Protocol rally in Portadown today to contact them.           Independent MLA who turned down UUP offer says 'unionism put all its eggs in DUP basket and now they're cracked'   An independent unionist MLA who turned down a recent invite to join the UUP has said unionism has been damaged by "putting all its eggs in the DUP basket".           Annual church service to honour 300+ RUC officers murdered and 10,000+ injured   The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, has said it will be 'great privilege' to host tomorrow's (Sunday), annual Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Day Thanksgiving Service,           Shinners see the Irish Sea border as the thin end of the wedge to getting Irish unification   A letter from Davy Wight:           'Dad gave me a big wink during my maiden speech as MP'   The DUP's Ian Paisley tells JOANNE SAVAGE about being awed by his father's oratory, falling in love on an ice rink, and why he thinks respect for difference in Northern Ireland is vital           Poots U-turns on Dublin 'boycott' – but struggles to explain what he's doing   Less than three weeks after saying that he had no intention of attending north-south ministerial council meetings until the Irish Sea border was removed, Edwin Poots has recanted.                 View more news

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