Removing Colum Eastwood as leader won’t solve all SDLP’s woes, it would merely add to them

A letter calling for the SDLP leader's resignation has been circulated reportedly from party colleagues.

Suzanne Breen

The SDLP faces a host of problems but it’s hard to argue that even one of them would be solved by removing Colum Eastwood as leader.

Indeed, his resignation would make a seriously shaky situation much worse. The letter circulating in the party which calls for him to be ousted has so far not gathered momentum.