Crawley Prepares for High Political Office
It's official. While sitting in for Stephen Nolan today, on of the restored Northern Ireland Assembly, I interviewed the Progressive Unionist Party leader .
For reasons I'm still trying to understand, Mr Ervine suggested that he could be just as good a presenter as any of us journos at the Beeb, myself included, and challenged me to try leading his political party. He warmed to the idea that we might change roles for a day, and I suggested that his people should talk to my people.
But the idea has been taking root since we got off air at half past ten. Some items for my new Alternative PUP Manifesto:
1. Compulsory moustaches for all Ulster males over the age of 16. 2. A complimentary copy of the Oxford English Dictionary for every Ulster home. 3. East Belfast to be exempt from all future water charges. 4. A new political alliance to be announced with Rainbow George named as my spokesman on Foreign Affairs, and May McFettridge as our equality spokeswoman.
Anything else you think we might put in there?
Comments
Hilarious. I was listening today when the gauntlet was thrown down by Dictionary Dave. Is Will gonna pick it up? I's love to find out what a norn irish politician actually does all day anyway!
Not surprised Ervine wants a new job .... he's a party of one now and must be getting bored watching morning TV.
I think Ervine can open a branch of the PUP in America and give political education classes to a country in desperate need of such classes.
Not just for the PUP but for the rest of the parties too...
It's compulsory that anyone voted in by the public to be an MLA refuses to argue with other MLA's on Fridays and they could call it the 'Good Friday Agreement'... sorry I must have drunk too much tonight celebrating Groundhog Monday again :-)