Declaring an interest
The veteran Ulster Unionist MLA Robert Coulter asked if he had to declare an interest when rising to speak about the need for a Commissioner for Older People this afternoon. Robert Coulter is slipstreaming that other North Antrim unionist, Ian Paisley, in the race to be father of the Stormont house. He wondered whether both he and the First Minister would be barred from applying for the job if a Commissioner post is created (the answer is almost certainly yes, unless they stand down from their elected jobs).
Revd. Coulter was just getting into his stride embarking on the story of one elderly woman who.....when the young whipper snapper Deputy Speaker David McClarty cut him off in his stride as "out of time". However his party colleague Basil McCrea rushed to his aid using his speaking time to finish the anecdote which concerned an elderly woman being robbed by her own daughter.
Robert Coulter may look venerable, but he lives his life in the fast lane. An enthusiast for vintage motorbikes, he's the Ulster Unionists' silver haired Easy Rider.
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