Northern Ireland

Spot the difference: Colum Eastwood has a doppelgänger

 James Barnard, a London-based freelance digital and brand designer, noticed the striking resemblance after spotting Mr Eastwood on the television.
 James Barnard, a London-based freelance digital and brand designer, noticed the striking resemblance after spotting Mr Eastwood on the television.  James Barnard, a London-based freelance digital and brand designer, noticed the striking resemblance after spotting Mr Eastwood on the television.

If Colum Eastwood's cough gets any worse he has a willing doppelganger to fight the final days of the SDLP election campaign. 

James Barnard, a London-based freelance digital and brand designer, noticed the striking resemblance after spotting Mr Eastwood on the television. 

Mr Barnard quipped that he could stand in for the nationalist candidate at pre-election parties.

Mr Eastwood was caught coughing at the SDLP's manifesto launch this week. The DUP leader Arlene Foster refused to take questions at the DUP launch because she had 'man-flu'. The Alliance leader Naomi Long also has the cold.