Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, has assembled a group of wise men and women to advise him. Or maybe he can use themif things-protocol expose him to withering criticism: “I know, I agree with you, but I was dependent on the advice of these hugely intelligent men and women!”
The group will include Peter Robinson, who agreed on how to develop the Long Kesh site and then sent a famous letter from America, listing the reasons there should be no development.
Then there’s another DUP First Minister, Arlene Foster, who was a central figure in the RHI scheme, which produced not light but a lot of obscurity as it burnt public money faster than you could say “Hen-house”. And there’s Lord Weir, aka Peter Weir, the failed politician who lost his seat last MayThere are a few other important thinkers in there who will add to the Praetorian Guard surrounding Sir Jeff. They’ll come up with a conclusion by the end of March, which means the good knight will have time to declare their advice before the council elections.
Will Sir Jeff heed what they say? You betcha. If it advises him “Not an inch, Jeffrey!” he can blame them when things don’ t work, as they almost certainly won’t. If on the other hand he is advised to get his sorry ass and that of his chums back into Stormont as quickly as they know how, he can point the finger at this group who advised him to do so.
There used to be a TV series called The Smother Brothers in which a character did something highly suspect but whose clinching line shifted the blame: “The devil made me do it!” Between now and the end of March, Jeffrey’s group will be working like fiends.
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