A Word With The (Next) Leader
Saturday's guest on Inside Politics was the DUP leader in waiting Peter Robinson. We discussed his future style of leadership, relations with Sinn Fein and the Ulster Unionists (he is proposing greater electoral cooperation), devolving criminal justice, academic selection, the Victims Commission Bill and the proposed Maze stadium.
I conducted the interview in his constituency office, across a table bedecked with a rather imposing looking chess set made up of historical characters (I think the King was Napoleon). I'd like to report that we played chess in between questions, but I'm afraid that was well beyond my powers of concentration.
I had intended to publish this entry on Friday but fell foul of the new blogging system. If you want to listen to our conversational gambits, the programme is on BBC Radio Ulster's Listen Again site here
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Peter Robinson's electoral cooperation is his way to try and destroy Jim Allister's chances of rising success. The DUP's hatred of Allister is unbelievable; he knows too much about their workings having served at a senior level. Anyhow Robinson described himself as Stalin so the DUP troops can look forward to new marching orders. I think you will see Jeffrey getting his knuckles rapped in future as he is far too ambitious and courted the Paisley household while voting along with the Paisleys to keep the big man in power. Time will tell how pragmatic the new leadership really is but I think we need to watch the space as those whose ambitions were smothered under the former leadership struggle to be recognised. Robinson waited a long time and has a long memory.
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