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• Mark Devenport
• 23 Feb 07, 06:25 PM

When the journalist Brian Rowan entered the fray in North Down he made it clear that he was tired of covering bloodshed. Unfortunately noone explained this to the dog who decided to sink its teeth into Brian's sister's hand today as she posted a leaflet through a Bangor voter's letter box. A quick visit to the GP's surgery and a tetanus jab followed. It's a risky business, this politics. I think I shall stick to journalism.

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DUP "posturing"

• Mark Devenport
• 23 Feb 07, 06:03 PM

Gerry Adams must be sick of the sight of me. Nothing to do with a certain biography, but more to do with me first following him around various parts of Armagh and Down, then detaining him for 20 minutes to record Inside Politics. In the interview, on the airwaves tomorrow, the Sinn Fein President describes the DUP's talk of requiring delivery before they agree to devolution as "posturing". Questioned over DUP demands for a safety net, which could see republicans excluded from government if they break their committments, he says the Assembly rules cover this already. But in general terms he didn't seem keen to start the tug of war which is likely to follow the vote on March 7th. Instead his strategy is to appear above the fray and play up his policies on bread and butter issues.

Inside Politics is on Radio Ulster at 12.45pm, or you can catch it on the web after transmission via this link

/northernireland/radioulster/inside_politics/

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If you can't stand the heat 2

• Mark Devenport
• 23 Feb 07, 05:39 PM

I took a bit of flak for admitting that I handed over an opportunity to door step David Cameron to Gareth Gordon in order to dress up as a commis-chef for a 麻豆官网首页入口 politics trail in the run up to our election coverage. Said trail is now on the airwaves. Is it another example of the 麻豆官网首页入口 dumbing down? Or a worthy attempt to make politics interesting to non-anoraks? I shall let you decide.

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