Arlene Foster's leadership "should not have survived for anything like this long", says Belfast News Letter’s Sam McBride.
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) April 28, 2021
He told @cathynewman that the DUP leader had had an "extraordinary fall from grace" at the start of 2017.https://t.co/lC07N30ec6
Arlene Foster had faced a revolt against her leadership over the handling of Brexit, in particular the Northern Ireland Protocol, and a decision to abstain in a vote on so-called gay conversion therapy https://t.co/LD4wpsDzh0
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) April 28, 2021
It's the end of the road for Arlene Foster: 26 hours after dismissing the News Letter's report of growing discontent with her leadership and saying "I’ve bigger things to do", she has announced that she will resign as DUP leader. Full statement here: https://t.co/UCSBwmaA6X
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) April 28, 2021
DUP insiders predict a l'ship contest between Edwin Poots & Jeffrey Donaldson. Ag Min is currently clear favourite to win but sources say py's top brass will "leave no stone unturned" to change MLAs' minds & oppose Poots' bid.https://t.co/CVgiwylwuf
— Suzanne Breen (@SuzyJourno) April 28, 2021
Unless Edwin Poots or whoever takes over the DUP is prepared to be honest with unionists and loyalists about the reality of the changing Northern Ireland he’ll be toast at some point too.
— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast) April 28, 2021
Remember when Arlene Foster became First Minister & Poots used his opportunity in the chamber to remind her that her first job was as wife and mother? 😡
— Kate Nicholl (@KateNicholl) April 28, 2021
WATCH: @Jim_Wells_MLA and @mattcarthy debate the potential new leader of the DUP following Arlene Foster's resignation today. #TonightVMTV pic.twitter.com/9dxAO9cb0T
— TonightVMTV (@TonightVMTV) April 28, 2021
A planned north-south ministerial council meeting has been cancelled after the DUP's Agriculture minister at Stormont, Edwin Poots, failed to show https://t.co/Gr0tjqObMd
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 28, 2021
Today’s scheduled meeting of ministers North/South on rural development and agriculture was cancelled as no DUP Minister would attend. The North/South dimension is central to the Good Friday Agreement & there is no alternative. Put simply these hare-brained antics are juvenile.
— Michelle O’Neill (@moneillsf) April 28, 2021
Unionism is at a crossroads. Their inbuilt majority is a thing of the past. Powersharing, building an inclusive society is the future. This is the real world which awaits the new DUP leader. Good wishes to @DUPleader in her last weeks in office
— Mary Lou McDonald (@MaryLouMcDonald) April 28, 2021
Meanwhile…
Tick. Tock.
— Thomas Brownlee (@Doctor_Thomas) April 28, 2021
If he's lying about this, what else has he lied about? pic.twitter.com/KYsv8qX1gS
Starmer's team are calling Johnson's #pmqs outburst his "Kevin Keegan moment"
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) April 28, 2021
I think @jessicaelgot is right: Boris Johnson's main problem is inquiries drag on – keeping this in media.
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) April 28, 2021
Tories not too worried yet as not feeling much heat on doorsteps or in inboxes. But they are concerned about the "John Major" effect. Drip, drip. https://t.co/LYJvQYD7Ni
apropos of nothing the Johnson government has raised the prospect of scrapping the Electoral Commission https://t.co/vADA7ieWvg
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) April 28, 2021
Column, the shift from cabinet government to potentate's court, how it happened, and how it will end (spoiler: badly) https://t.co/LFr0uQkdGM
— Rafael Behr (@rafaelbehr) April 28, 2021
Watch this for accurate coverage of @BorisJohnson and the scandals that had gone unannounced by the mainstream and @BBCNews @BylineTimes gets my subscription! https://t.co/PWwdgJXZOS
— Taz (@Tazman_London) April 28, 2021
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BIDEN TAKES POLICY AGENDA TO CONGRESS
President Biden will declare the nation is "turning peril into possibility, crisis into opportunity" in his first address to Congress. He'll deliver the Wednesday night speech on the eve of his 100th day in office. https://t.co/sSLXfEi5P2
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 28, 2021
President Biden's address to Congress will see the first time two women, VP Harris and Speaker Pelosi, will sit on each side of the president on the podium. https://t.co/yOCDYre8W3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 28, 2021
How the US went from having one of the worst Covid responses to being a global leader in vaccinations under Biden – CNN Politics https://t.co/Oa91a206dO
— Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt46) April 28, 2021
President Biden will require federal contractors to pay their employees a minimum wage of $15 an hour starting March 30, 2022.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) April 28, 2021
The move will benefit a few hundred thousand people and is part of a broader push to increase the federal minimum wage. https://t.co/dveT6LifEq
'He has had absolutely no scandals, and he has done things that people like.'
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 28, 2021
With an approval rating of 57%, Joe Biden is making it difficult for Republicans to mount a strong case against him https://t.co/XKs8PDRaRy pic.twitter.com/5PjA4AwNlJ
Oh, and…
Here we go folks!!! @RudyGiuliani Apartment Searched in Federal Investigation – The New York Times @nytimes @maggieNYT https://t.co/fmpk18NH5X
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) April 28, 2021
Rudy Giuliani needs a good lawyer, so maybe someone can explain that concept to him.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) April 28, 2021
"Now we have a new administration that's going by the book… I don't think this is the first search warrant that the Southern District would've obtained in this case. My guess is that they already have obtained an email search warrant" – @danielsgoldman w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/4l4akfgkXn
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 28, 2021
If this can happen to the President's lawyer for taking bribes and working with foreign spies to orchestrate an extortion plot using US military aid how can any of us be safe? https://t.co/rArvxk22Dh
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 28, 2021
The Overnight Note 