Bugger Stormont – that's the coup being planned in certain sections of right-wing unionism.
Word on the Hill is that a Shinner-hating faction within hard-right unionism would be quite happy to see the Assembly fold with powers returned to Westminster.
With no Executive meetings, the Assembly has become a rudderless ship heading rapidly towards the rocks of dissolution.
The Chuckle Brothers of big Paisley and McGuinness never suffered these headaches.
Maybe that realisation is fuelling gossip a new power block is being mooted on the Hill headed by Big Paisley himself is being mooted to get the Executive running again.
Some Right-wingers see dumping Stormont as a way out of having to work with the Shinners.
Sinn Féin is still stuck in 1918 so far as the Commons is concerned. In the General Election of that year, Shinners won the majority of Irish seats, but refused to take them over the oath of allegiance to the English blue bloods.
Now, 90 years on and the Shinners have still not followed the lead given by Scottish and Welsh nationalists and anti-blue bloods in the Brits' Labour Party – and the Unionist Right Wingers knows this.
It's a brutally simple hardline approach – there are Shinners in government at Stormont, but no Sinn Féin in the Commons, so dump the Assembly.
The compromise for Unionists would be to look the other way on cross border bodies if the Assembly crashes.
In return, the Northern Ireland Office would be staffed by Northern Westminster MPs, mostly from the nine-strong DUP team.
Until the Shinners drop their abstention policy, there'll be no ministerial seats at the NIO. But Sinn Féin could still have some representation on cross border bodies, which would probably boost their hopes for more Dáil seats.
The dosh used to run Stormont might be ploughed into the health service and education, and the community will still have a major voice through the new 11 super councils.
But nationalists would not be without a voice. The SDLP takes its three Commons seats, so moderate nationalism could have a ministerial voice in the Northern Office.
And with the Ulster Unionists rejuvenating their cosy relationship with the Tories, there could be a seat for them if Davy Cameron gets his hands on the keys of Downing Street – Trimble back as Northern Secretary.
To Unionists, dumping Stormont is government without republicans.
For republicans, it's joint authority with Dublin having a major big role in the North through cross border bodies.
Unionism's Hard Right forced Big Paisley to quit as First Minister – but at least he made Stormont work.
Robbo's honeymoon leadership has all but slammed into the rocks of political divorce with the Shinners.
And beseiged Brit Prime Minister Gordon Brown might use the Executive as a sacrificial lamb.
Scrapping the Assembly could serve as a warning to Scottish nationalists making life hell for Brown.
How long before we hear the cry – bring back Paisley, all is forgiven!
