Lording it over the Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats in the Lords have just voted John Alderdice to be their convenor or chair. So the former Alliance leader is convening the Lib Dems in the Lords, but the first Alliance politician to be elected as an MP, Naomi Long, isn't sitting with them in the Commons.
As has been documented elsewhere, Jim Shannon made his maiden speech in the Commons yesterday and treated the other Mps to a touch of Ulster Scots. yesterday's news maybe tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but Mr Shannon's sterling (and often ballistic) contributions to this blog mean we can't let such a moment go unmentioned.
Finally, maybe the Conservatives in North Down were watching Tuesday's Michael McGimpsey interview on Stormont Live. Certainly they didn't mince their words calling the delay in selecting joint candidates with the UUP "outrageous" and promising to press ahead with selecting their own Assembly candidate. So will we have the two parties criticising each other next spring, then kissing and making up at some future contest?
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