Our wonderful Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, flies to Northern Ireland today to use “his negotiation skills as well as his wallet” to bring harmony between the IRA and DUP, currently bickering with each other over the timing of devolution of policing and justice powers.
Now then, I notice that this article finishes with the suggestion by Shaun “Where’s my butler” Woodward that US firms are queued up to create jobs once this element of devolution has been implemented. This is pure political spin and yet the BBC chooses to finish the item with it so leaving the reader with the impression that it is vital that this act takes place as soon as is possible. In doing so, the BBC aligns the story with the Irish republican position. Plus ca change.
You are behind on the new “narrative”; IRA/SinnFein are responsible politicians, it is the Tories that are “extermists”.
Did you link us to the wrong article, Shaun Woodward isn’t mentioned once in that link….????
A little stealth edit by the BBC….how cute! It was there when I posted. Interesting observation Gosh.
News Sniffer shows the stealth edit:
http://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/259052/diff/2/3
Woodward’s quote was replaced with analysis from a BBC correspondent setting the stage for blaming the unionists for the problem.
Thanks David P! BBC showing their usual form.
I predict a fix will be found on Thursday morning just in time to take coverage away from David Cameron’s speech.
Doubt it. The shinners are looking south, the government in Dublin could fall on Tuesday next after their partners in government (the greens) could pull out of the coalition, over nama, when they meet this saturday. There’ll be nothing on Thursday.