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Flare in the Square

  • Mark Devenport
  • 20 Feb 07, 05:07 PM

Have just got back from a day on the campaign trail with Ian Paisley. We've had the fuss on the bus and the brawl in the hall. So today was the day for the flare in the Lisburn Square (I confess I owe that to a colleague in the Belfast Telegraph whose cheque is in the post)

The Big Man was getting a uniformly positive reception from the shoppers in Lisburn when he turned a corner and ran into his current bete noire, Bob McCartney. Denied a head to head debate the UK Unionist leader pursued the DUP leader with cries of "where's the never, never, never" and "never, never, never, yes, yes ,yes". Like a liner which cannot alter its course, the Doc kept moving, refusing to take Mr McCartney under his notice. However his colleagues, who included Peter Robinson and Jeffrey Donaldson, variously taunted the UK Unionist as "a motormouth", "a maverick" and "a vote splitter".

Sounds bad, but it was pretty brief, and rather less physical than either the brawl in the hall or the fuss at the bus. For the video watch 成人快手 Newsline 6.30 tonight.

The DUP leader wandered on through the Lisburn market square, before heading to Galgorm Manor Hotel where he was shown how to flip pancakes. A politician not previously used to policy flip flops, maybe he's getting in some practice ahead of March 26th.

Don't forget

  • Mark Devenport
  • 20 Feb 07, 10:02 AM

A quick reminder that the 成人快手 NI Election Webcast is on at 1500 today, with Jim Fitzpatrick in the hot seat. 成人快手 NI Online has already had dozens of e-mail questions for the politicians on everything from water charges to power sharing, corporal punishment to the future of the Maze.

Out Of Office Message

  • Mark Devenport
  • 20 Feb 07, 09:54 AM

I am out of the office for much of today dogging the heels of Ian Paisley. As I trail the DUP leader, though, it won't stop Hearts and MInds getting on the phone looking for "colour" from the campaign for our weekly cartoon slot, illustrated by Ian Knox. We have the Greens televangelists and prisoners demanding the vote, but there must be lots of anecdotes out there from those knocking on doors and those refusing to answer them. Do you want your quirky story immortalised by Mr Knox? All ideas gratefully received, although they will have to be submitted to the Independent Monitoring Commission for verification.

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