Arlene Foster has launched a scathing attack on outgoing DUP MLA Jim Wells after he declared his support for a TUV Assembly election candidate.
She accused Mr Wells of never accepting her leadership of the DUP as a woman, saying he was "still living in the 1970s".
The former DUP leader said the party selecting a "capable unionist woman" to contest the South Down constituency in May was "too much for Jim to bear".