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Do We Want Them Back?
Tony Blair and Peter Hain wants them back; Sinn Fein desperately want it back. The SDLP see it as a priority and even the Ulster Unionists are quite keen. The DUP want it back, although on their own terms. Yes I'm talking about the Assembly.
Yet it emerged today that thanks to the clowns that were in charge of this country between 1998 and 2002, Northern Irish taxpayers are facing the prospect of a large EU fine! It seems the Assembly and Executive took decisions on planning which they knew were in breach of EU planning law, and now Joe Q Taxpayer could be left holding the bill.
It seems we can't win. We have a choice between Direct Misrule, with a part-time secretary of state who sees his position as a stepping stone to greater things, and Local Misrule, with a bunch of amateurs out for their own gain, without the scantest regard for those mugs foolish enough to vote them into power.