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A tale of two First Ministers

Mark Devenport | 12:33 UK time, Tuesday, 25 September 2007

Interviewed at the annual Ulster Champ breakfast at Bournemouth by my colleague Ruth McDonald, our 81 year old First Minister Ian Paisley confirmed that he will stand again in North Antrim should Gordon Brown call a snap election.

Meanwhile in Glasgow a spokesman for Scotland's 52 year old First Minister Alex Salmond repeated that he will not stand again in Banff and Buchan.

How come our politicians are so much better at multi-tasking than their Scottish counterparts?

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  • At 10:33 PM on 26 Sep 2007,
  • Councillor David Barbour wrote:

A lot of it has to do with the type of each individual. As well as that Ian Paisley feels he is on divine mission and will not rest until he has fulfilled his task.

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