Doug Beattie
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 58 |
| Born | Hampshire |
| United Kingdom | |
| Party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Residence | Portadown |
| United Kingdom | |
| County Armagh | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Northern Ireland | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | Soldier |
| Politician | |
| Books | Reaper |
| Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line | |
| An Ordinary Soldier: Afghanistan : a Ferocious Enemy : a Bloody Conflict : One Man's Impossible Mission | |
| Awards | Military Cross |
| Date of birth | October 13,1965 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Position | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland since 2016 |
| Education | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Battleswar | The Troubles |
| Kosovo War | |
| Iraq War | |
| War in Afghanistan | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 439214 |
Doug Beattie Life story
Douglas Ricardo Beattie MC MLA is a Northern Irish politician and former member of the British Army, who has been leader of the Ulster Unionist Party since 27 May 2021. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann since 2016. He is characterised as a 'progressive' and 'liberal' unionist.
Downing Street deletes post about Northern Ireland with Irish flag
... Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the post showed Westminster did not " understand us or know us" and used the incident to reiterate his support for a return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland...
Simon Byrne: DUP submits no confidence motion in chief constable
... Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the chief constable should step down and " controlled change" was needed at the top of the organisation...
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has to resign, says DUP
... " Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said he could not have confidence in the senior management team of the PSNI and that questions need to be answered on whether there was political interference in the disciplining of the officers, perceived or actual...
Kneecap at Féile an Phobail: The Irish rappers who want to rile you up
... DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the mural was " offensive to every serving police officer in Northern Ireland and to many in the wider community" while UUP leader Doug Beattie accused the group of " foster(ing) hatred" and " grooming a new generation of young people with insidious messaging"...
NI council elections 2023: Restore Stormont Executive now, Sinn Féin urges
... The leaders of both parties, Doug Beattie and Colum Eastwood, dismissed any suggestion they would leave their positions after the election...
NI council elections 2023: Sinn Féin on track to win most seats
... The Ulster Unionist Party has also been facing a battle to hold its ground but its leader Doug Beattie said unionism was likely to take a hit across the board...
Starmer to urge Sunak to put NI above 'Brexit purity cult'
... Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the protocol negotiations were were being kept " tight" and that he did not see " much light coming out of them"...
Dungannon Road: Three dead and five injured after crash near Cookstown
... " In a tweet, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said: " I just can t imagine the horror those who survived have endured and the scene faced by the emergency services...
Starmer to urge Sunak to put NI above 'Brexit purity cult'
By Iain McDowellBBC News NI
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to urge Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to put Northern Ireland " above a Brexit purity cult" within the Conservative Party .
He will use a speech in Belfast to tell the PM to break a deadlock with the EU over the NI Protocol,
He is offering to help get a protocol deal through parliament if it fails to win enough support from Tory MPs.
Sir Keir is on a two-day visit to NI.
On Thursday, he met Political Parties at Stormont to discuss the protocol issue, describing those talks as constructive.
Protests by the Democratic Unionist Party against the protocol led to the collapse of Northern Ireland 's power-sharing executive last February.
In a speech at Queen's University Belfast later, he will urge Mr Sunak to use this year's to " fix minds" on securing a deal with the EU over the protocol.
'Fix minds on solution'In his speech, Sir Keir will say that the " time for action on the protocol is now" and he will urge the Prime Minister to stand up to hardline Eurosceptics within the Conservative Party .
" The Time to put Northern Ireland above a Brexit purity cult, which can never be satisfied, is now, " Sir Keir will say.
" There is a small window of opportunity before April - we've got to use The Anniversary to fix minds, get the country and its political process Moving Forward again - deliver for The People of Northern Ireland .
" Whatever political Cover You need, whatever mechanism in Westminster you require, if it delivers for our national interest and The People of Northern Ireland we will support you. "
Sir Keir Starmer has pitched himself as a Prime Minister in waiting during his talks with local politicians and business leaders.
While he hasn't offer any solutions to the protocol problems, he has offered his support to the government to get a deal through Parliament.
It is an offer the government is unlikely to take up.
With a 70-plus majority in Parliament and two High Profile Brexiteers in Northern Ireland Office Ministers Chris Heaton Harris and Steve Baker helping to steer the protocol negotiations, the government is unlikely to meet much internal resistance.
Securing the support of the DUP for any deal agreed with Brussels will be The Real challenge.
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister ) Leo Varadkar also visited Stormont on Thursday to hold talks with party leaders.
Afterwards, He Said there was no guarantee a deal on the protocol would lead to the re-establishment of the Stormont Executive.
Mr Varadkar said the implementation of the protocol
Why is there a row over the protocol?Part of the UK's Brexit deal with the EU, the protocol keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU's single market for goods, avoiding the need for a hard border with The Republic of Ireland and ensuring free trade can continue.
But it has led to additional checks on some goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland , something the EU accepts is causing difficulties for many businesses.
Most politicians elected to the Stormont Assembly want the protocol to remain, but some unionists say it undermines Northern Ireland 's place in the UK.
in an attempt to find a resolution on the protocol.
The UK government has argued the protocol is not working and plans to override most of the agreement if the EU does not agree to changes.
The government set a deadline of 19 January for the parties at Stormont to form a power-sharing executive or face fresh elections.
But the DUP has said it will block The Restoration of power sharing until there are significant changes to the protocol.
The deadline, therefore, is highly unlikely to be met next week, which means NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is expected to trigger another three-month period to allow the protocol negotiations to make progress.
Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the protocol negotiations were were being kept " tight" and that he did not see " much light Coming Out of them".
However, he added that he appreciated the opportunity to meet both the taoiseach and the Labour leader.
This Week 's high-profile visits to Belfast of Sir Keir and Mr Varadkar, as well as UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly , follow a UK agreement with the EU
That agreement was reached in talks on Monday between Mr Cleverly and the Vice President of the European Commission , Maros Šefčovič, which both sides said provided a " new basis" for talks.
Source of news: bbc.com
