Stateside
When Jeffrey Donaldson finished his "Champ" Breakfast in Manchester this morning, he headed straight to New York where he is attending a Cooperation Ireland dinner. Together with his counterpart as junior minister Gerry Kelly, he is accepting a "Peace Dove" award (so it's only in the Stormont Castle Executive room that our ministers can't meet).
Also flying out is Gerry Adams, who is meeting the New York officials behind the "Emerald Fund" announcement and attending Bill Clinton's "Global Initative".
I don't know if any of our politicians are hoping to bump into Senator John McCain. The Republican candidate, however, has been talking about Northern Ireland at an Irish American forum. He pledges to appoint a Special Envoy and to do whatever he can to help us over the "last major hurdle" of the devolution of justice.
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I hope you put ''champ'' in quotes because he didn't actually have mashed potato for breakfast. That would be disgusting.
Did he have some sort of energy boosting health breakfast that made him jump up, do a bit of shadow boxing, and declare himself a champ?
I don't know which is worse.
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Should have read "Those were the days" first, shouldn't I.
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These politicians of ours know how to live the good life. The ordinary tax payer is sitting at home worrying about how they will survive the winter when Jeffrey and co are dancing about living it up. Disgrace.
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GMB Sponsor 'Ulster Fry' Breakfast ...
http://www.gmb.org.uk/Templates/PressItems.asp?NodeID=97542
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All well and good, fly out to America and chit chat.
Now back in N. Ireland we are still waiting to hear a few words of hope, can we afford to stay warm this winter?
The price of food is staggering.
Business are going to the wall and of course that leads to unemployment.
The building trade has all but stoped.
The housing market the same.
We are waiting for our government to run the country.
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Mark
I've upset the Moderators.... again! So's here's my rewrite which I hope is acceptable and does not dilute the thrust of my earlier offending piece. The changes are in square brackets for the Moderators' ease of reference.
Mark
LET THEM ALL [JOLLY WELL GO] OFF TO AMERICA
I have no objection to representatives of the DUP/Sinn Fein Fascist Coalition heading off for [funtime] in the USA. It's just a pity they wouldn't take their coalition colleagues with them. After all, they're doing [ever so little] here.
Susie
Carryduff
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Susie, I can only think of a few words that could have gone in there, and I can't imagine how you thought they would get past the censors.
Do what I do, swear in Latin.
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