The SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says his political career would be over if he loses the Foyle seat.
The SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has conceded his political career would be over if he loses his seat in the upcoming General Election.
In less than a month, voters in Northern Ireland - and across the rest of the UK - go to the polls to elect representatives to send to the House of Commons.The SDLP has represented Foyle in all but two years of its 41-year history as a parliamentary constituency. Colum Eastwood regained the seat for the SDLP in 2019 with the largest majority in the whole of Northern Ireland at 17,110."I wouldn’t even be on a parish council.""That’s not how I operate. We have got a very good assembly team, particularly here in Derry."
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