First Walk Out 2
After the falling out between the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Culture Committee reported earlier in this blog it seems that calm has been restored. Sinn Fein's Barry McElduff and the Ulster Unionist David McNarry met this afternoon for peace talks in the Assembly library. They didn't solve their differences over an inquiry into the latest round of consultation on an Irish language bill, but they agreed to disagree. Fortunately neither subscribe to the old Nazi dictum "when I hear the word Culture, I reach for my revolver".
On the topic of the Irish language consultation, officials are now wading through an estimated 4000 responses. Last time the balance of views was 93% in favour of an Irish Language Act. But this time both unionists and nationalists have clearly got organised. One unionist boasted to me that his office has processed 400 responses - it will be interesting to see what the balance is when officials work their way through the avalanche of incoming mail.
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