Herald Diary: When you have two birds in the hand
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AS an unrepentant Fenian Squinter has always found it odd being lectured on morality over the years by members of the DUP who are “pretty repulsed” by gay people or believe them “worse than paedophiles” and “poofs”. Similarly, when DUP members enter the arena of intellectual debate, it’s odd being expected to take seriously people who believe that the Earth is the same age as David Attenborough and Noah’s Ark is historic and scientific fact. And in recent weeks as the party hysterically denounced Michelle O’Neill he’s found himself wondering 1) whether there was any altern...
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Disturbance it's creating, which is huge. it's not really about whether there were poke bowls or dairylea triangles at a party. as a result of this, i was always surprised when i came back to westminster full time at the start of this year how many people in the conservative party would openly speculate to you about when borisjohnson wasn't prime minister and who could take over from him. and i was really surprised that this early in his prime ministership... that's a never—ending he westminster conversation, who's the next prime minister. because they all want to be it! as a newbie, i was s...
You respond to somebody, as you say, you — you respond to somebody, as you say, you know what, this was a perception— say, you know what, this was a perception and a kind of hoses it down — perception and a kind of hoses it down. the thing civil servant _ it down. the thing civil servant of the department of education was part of the seiect— education was part of the select committee that day. there — select committee that day. there was that. it was in the canteen _ there was that. it was in the canteen and people bought their own stuff therefore that is the party, — own stuff the...