{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6ae9eb25d6cfd0e90892e166?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Carla Lockhart finally quits: What’s next for the Upper Bann MP and the DUP?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1793714943853-b8dcc5f2-a745-4bb7-af3d-d228567c57ab.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After weeks of hints and speculation Carla Lockhart has finally quit the DUP. In a letter penned entitled ‘A renewed vision for unionism’, the Upper Bann MP said she wanted to “be a politician whose word means something”. </p><p><br></p><p>Gavin Robinson says the only winner from further divisions within unionism is Sinn Féin. </p><p><br></p><p>Is unionism really in ‘meltdown’, is now the time for unionist unity, and will Carla Lockhart eventually join the TUV? </p><p><br></p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph&#39;s Andrew Madden, former editor of the News Letter and unionist commentator Ben Lowry, and Alex Kane. </p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}