{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6ae37d9d9fd2fa3c16c5aeec?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"DUP: Lockhart set to walk as Robinson fudges forcing O'Neill out ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1793293721041-3cce160b-a8f1-494e-a8d7-81741103b3f7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>DUP leader Gavin Robinson says Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly will quit joint engagements with First Minister Michelle O’Neill - but he won’t be pulling her out of the executive. </p><p><br></p><p>The DUP&#39;s party officers met on Thursday to discuss their options. </p><p><br></p><p>Before the meeting, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart published a letter to the party making it clear – that if it didn&#39;t pull Emma Little-Pengelly out of the executive, she would take her &quot;own course&quot;. </p><p><br></p><p>Lockhart insists that Michelle O’Neill must be removed from office over Sinn Féin&#39;s part in the Drumcree protests, but the party leader has now stopped short of that. </p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph’s Political Editor Suzanne Breen. </p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}