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DUP can't curry any Westminster favour

(Suzanne Breen, Sunday Life)

It's the injustice of the century. Peter Robinson has written to the BBC and ITV protesting at the party's exclusion from the general election debates.

That's right, Robbo thinks that himself, Nigel, Gregory and Sammy are on a par with David Cameron, Nick Clegg et al.

He forsees the DUP appearing before a mainland TV audience of millions. He should be careful what he wishes for because it could be disastrous.

Hating gay blood, demanding the right to march, and believing that dinosaurs didn't exist and God created the world in six days could swing British public opinion strongly behind Irish unity.

Broadcasters are wrong to include the SNP and Plaid Cymru in the general election debates. Like the DUP, these parties operate exclusively in one part of the UK so they aren't entitled to enter the national discussion.

Though part of me wishes Robbo gets his way. To hear Gregory Campbell deliver his 'curry my yogurt' joke to a national audience would be worth the licence fee.

Meanwhile, our great leaders at Stormont are about to launch a ground breaking programme to kick-start the economy – work experience for 11-year-olds.

Ministers John O'Dowd and Stephen Farry are drawing up an "implementation plan" to allow work experience from P7.

So will we have 11-year-olds in poultry plants beheading chickens, accompanying the fire brigade to burning buildings, or shadowing staff in A&E's teeming with patients lying on trolleys?

What's scary is that it was adults who came up with this idea.

January 29, 2015
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This article appeared in the January 25, 2015 edition of the Sunday Life.

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