Messy Monday
My bit part in the Ulster Amateur Actors' Production of "Waiting For Godot" continues.The governments were so convinced that they would be heading here that Brian Cowen cancelled a planned trip to Spain, whilst David Miliband told MPs that Gordon Brown was on his way to Belfast. Later, somewhat flummoxed, the Foreign Secretary apologised "Although I had been reliably informed that the Prime Minister was on his way to Belfast, it now transpires that he is not on his to way to Belfast because the situation in the... for various reasons which I won't go into actually. But I apologise for having got that wrong earlier on."
Good to know it is not just hacks who are all over the place. The DUP Assembly team is still meeting. They began their discussions at 11 a.m. Ulster Unionist sources claim Gerry Adams' comments on "Good Morning Ulster" about a "staging post" had spooked the DUP. Jim Allister put out a statement claiming this remark should "alert every unionist to what isafoot". But DUP sources dismissed these claims as nonsense and Sinn Fein say they have taken no complaint from the DUP on this score.
The DUP meeting is thought likely to last for at least a couple of hours more. One source described it as "fruitful" but wouldn't being drawn on why it was taking so long.
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