South Antrim and the Iron Curtain
Should he become Foreign Secretary in a future Conservative government William Hague will be in charge of the UK's relations with Eastern European countries from the former Communist bloc. So is that why he's being sent to Northern Ireland today, for a bit of diplomatic training at dealing with a command economy?
We are expecting him to continue the Conservative and Unionist fightback against criticism of David Cameron's comments, which consists of pointing out that other parties have said similar things about Northern Ireland's reliance on the public sector and insisting the plan to rebalance the local economy is long term. In a Belfast Telegraph article this morning, Mr Cameron talked about the process taking as long as 25 years (something which drew on a previous speech by Owen Paterson). But in the Paxman interview the Conservative leader talked about rebalancing the economy in various regions in the lifetime of one parliament.
Anyway, I'm off to the manifesto launch now - will let you know how it went later.
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