Strangfeud
They say all politics is local, but there's no doubt that the most ingrained political feuds tend to be within tight geographical boundaries. Yesterday the Strangford MP Iris Robinson refused to give way to the Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy during the Assembly's debate on Free Personal care. Later she accused the Alliance member of shouting at her from a sedentary position. But that was nothing compared to what the MP said at the end of the day during a debate on a motion from Mr McCarthy criticising the standard of the roads in Strangford.
Mrs Robinson told members that she found "it difficult to take Mr McCarthy’s complaint seriously, as most of his constituency work is concentrated in Kircubbin and Portaferry. I doubt whether he could tell me anything about the road infrastructure in Killyleagh or in other parts of the constituency." Then later she added "I really have to bite my tongue sometimes when it comes to Mr McCarthy, because we often see memos that claim that he has done all sorts of wonderful things when, in fact, it was not him and he came in on the coat-tails."
After the MP's speech the Deputy Speaker commented "That was very entertaining β€” from a distance". I guess those are not the exact words Kieran McCarthy would have picked.
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Mark
The feud between Iris Robinson and Kieran McCarthy is a frightening mismatch that will leave Kieran bloodied and bowed. It equates to Cruella de Ville taking on Perdita’s puppy. In future Mr Speaker should ensure that bandages are to hand in the Chamber.
Frank
Carryduff
Iris Robinson maybe quite good at making rash little statements but that doesn't necessarily mean they make sense.
I mean for example take her statement about integrated education feeding of sectarianism, on the flip side, would she argue too that the police feed of crime and doctors feed off the ill.
Come on Iris get with the 21st century please!