Budding politicians
| 12:52 UK time, Thursday, 12 February 2009
Just back from Enniskillen (hence no blogs yesterday), where I've been shadowing Enterprise minister Arlene Foster, for a documentary on "Ministers and Motherhood." The radio documentary focuses on Ms Foster and the farming minister Michelle Gildernew, who also has three children.
Ms Foster's daughter Sarah, aged 8, is certainly proud of her mother - but admitted in interview she preferred it when she was Environment minister because she brought home books featuring "Oscar the Otter." In fact young Sarah was so enthusiastic about conservation her family dubbed her "Junior minister of the Environment."
Ms Gildernew has been bringing her three month old baby daughter to work on occasion - including Executive meetings. Find out which Ulster Unionist councillor has been left holding the baby....
The documentary airs on BBC Radio Ulster on February 21 at 11.30am.
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Perhaps when Peter Robinson gets round to doing his DUP executive shuffle, we could get an environment minister with more credulity, like young Miss Sarah Foster :)
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Don't be bullied Sammy, this Government knows how to exert pressure.
You have more common sense than those around you, maybe they should stop and read some of the findings of other scientists.
( ones not paid for by Gov.)
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At least Sammy is standing by his beliefs and not changing his view for the media or anyone. Remember Hazel Blears? She is a classic example of someone who changes their views for her audience.
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Yet Sammy is going against the DUP party manifesto. I don't see how Peter Robinson could be permitting this, that seems like weak leadership to me.
http://www.uup.org/newsrooms/latest-news/environment/yet-another-policy-u-turn-from-the-dup.php
"Last year the DUP's Assembly election manifesto said, 'The DUP has supported the introduction of a Climate Change Bill at Westminster and called for year on year targets in order to achieve reduced Carbon emissions. Northern Ireland must play its part in that overall effort, and a new Executive should be proactive in this area.' Today's debate has proved conclusively that yet another DUP manifesto commitment has been ripped up and thrown away. Even Jim Wells the green wing of the DUP merely took the opportunity to berate nationalists on rural planning policy in interventions but choose not to make a speech himself. What a cop out. "
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Patrick 78
Good detective work. The only thing is Politicians always find a way to change their point of view. Sammy won't change but Peter Robinson has. Probably all in a day's work!!
Stormontspy
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