The divided Democratic Unionists, in collective shock over the stunning fall from grace of their ex-leader Jeffrey Donaldson, are trying to figure out how to keep it from leading to electoral disaster for Northern Ireland’s main pro-British party.
What seems certain, based on POLITICO’s discussions this week with several DUP lawmakers, is that Donaldson’s protege, Gavin Robinson, won’t be challenged as interim leader after he stepped into the role on an emergency basis last week.
That’s largely because nobody else wants the job this side of the U.K. general election, expected later this year.