With the next planned elections three years away, it seemed as good a time as any to call it quits.
There's been talk for time time within the party that Colum Eastwood was feeling a bit burnt outIt could equally apply to political resignations in Northern Ireland, where in the past week alone the Ulster Unionists have lost their leader and now the SDLP is shaking things up.
And with the Westminster election over and any further planned elections three years away, it seemed as good a time as any to call it quits and step down on his own terms. The time has surely come for the MP who once almost severed ties with her party after Colum Eastwood forged a short-lasting “partnership” with Fianna Fáil.
Mr Eastwood will no doubt be asked about that by reporters on Thursday but he will also be asked to account for his time in charge of the SDLP.
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