IT'S 17 weeks since the last SDLP conference and the election of a new party leader. Going by the old adage, that’s a long time in politics - and certainly enough time for Colum Eastwood to have stamped his identity on things. Yet there have been murmurings both inside and outside the SDLP that the Foyle MLA has yet to make an impact; yet to differentiate this leadership from that of his predecessor Alasdair McDonnell. The 32-year-old Mr Eastwood and the South Belfast MP are very different personalities – the former represents youthful vigour and renewal; the latter wa[...]