{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6a1f0bc1a5a56cd15106658c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Suzanne Breen on the UUP: Beattie and Burrows battle it out ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1780419245744-cd39dba7-6933-44b1-9ed7-1f7050c1188a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The UUP’s fortunes, or at least its leader’s, had been rising in the polls – but now the party is sinking into civil war.&nbsp;</p><p>Its former leader Doug Beattie has quit the party and has launched a blistering assault on current leader Jon Burrows – even saying he “regretted” ever persuading Burrows to join the party.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Mr Beattie resigned from the UUP at the weekend, accusing former PSNI man Burrows of a “vindictive attempt” to oust him. Mr Burrows has yet to comment publicly. Meanwhile, reports suggest he doesn’t have the support of the party’s Stormont MLAs&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Belfast Telegraph’s Political Editor Suzanne Breen broke the story that Doug Beattie was set to leave the party.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}