Bah, humbug!
Not a plug for the new for (although I did rather enjoy it when I saw it at Newtownards recently), but a reference to the deliberations of today's Enterprise Committee on the advisability of sending out Christmas cards in these tough economic times.
Some MLAs thought it would be Scrooge like if they didn't send anygreetings, others pointed to the example set by other Stormont committtees who are confining themselves to e-cards.
Eventually the chair, Alban Maginness, joked that he and his deputy chair, Paul Butler, could split the £37 cost of sending out cards to 36 relevant local organisations.
I'm 
Comments