Margaret Ritchie has already decided not to stand for the SDLP Leadership. She advised her Inner Circle last week…..or more likely they told her that there was no chance of winning.

Eamonn Mallie is already tweeting that Conall McDevitt will “throw his hat in the ring” and that seems to confirm that Ritchie is not running. McDevitt would only stand to represent that “wing” of SDLP.

He cannot win the Leadership. Too young. Too closely identified with SDLP failure. His real target is Deputy Leader.