成人快手

Who wants to be a billionaire 2

• Mark Devenport
• 22 Mar 07, 09:49 AM

Just about to trudge off to 11 Downing Street to see what the parties get from Gordon. On Sky TV this morning the Chancellor talked about a 拢50 billion peace package. But that was exactly what he talked about in November last year only to have the commentators decide this was almost all old money repackaged as new.

During the election the DUP defended their ambiguity towards power sharing as a clever tactic which preserved their negotiating leverage with the government. Where does that leave them if the negotiating leverage only produces the same package that was on offer in November?

Of course Gordon did not reveal his tax cut until the final minute of his budget speech so it's possible we may yet hear about a one year delay in water charges and some capital money towards the water service.

So far, though, the mood music over the dividend isn't wonderful. And that points to a fudge in which the DUP seeks some kind of transitional arrangement which won't see the Executive fully up and running until the summer. If that happens, Peter Hain may have to eat a bit of humble pie, but he did that expertly on November 24th so don't rule out him doing it again on March 26th.