I'm not sure which of these amused me more - the verdict being returned that the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition are not the most oppressed people ever, or the fact that Sinn Fein's very own "No!" men are likely to appeal to Britain's highest court - the House of Lords.

Brendan McKenna described appeal to the Lords as "obviously the next stage" fter the appeal court overturned a ruling that appointments made to the Parades Commission were unlawful.

Their "issue"? It's not that two members of the Loyal Orders were awarded positions on the Parades Commission. The problem is that Peter Hain only wrote to the main political parties (including the SDLP and Sinn Fein), the four main churches (including the Catholic church) and the loyal marching orders. Unfortunately he didn't see fit to go trailing round everybody in Northern Ireland who has moved into an area so they can be 'concerned' about Orange parades there, handing out jobs to the politicised malcontents that infest many of the "residents" groups. Like these self-publicising, shit stirring wastes of space need more influence.