Stormont's Tartan Rashers
The butcher-cum-MLA Jim Shannon was on the radio this morning complaining about the confused response of the authorities to the pork crisis. I found myself equally confused this morning in the Assembly canteen. A sign on the counter said pork products had been withdrawn. But the diners were still happily munching away on bacon and black pudding. One official billed it as a one man effort to save the local meat industry.
He may have thought he was showing exemplary courage, but an Assembly spokesperson was quick to reassure us that the bacon being served was Scottish, so not subject to the latest food scare.
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