DUP Adviser's Rapid Rise Draws Critics Despite Intelligence and Experience
• Former special adviser has experience and intelligence but made enemies during rapid DUP rise • Aware of criticism against her; some want to see her fall • Often defined by men in her life - father was loyalist gun-runner, husband is senior civil servant • Feels this characterization is unfair • Many inside and outside DUP resent her high profile and perceive she has benefited from automatic opportunities