Ironic 'Ian Óg' Paisley wants Gerry Adams to stay as Sinn Féin abstentionist MP

Ian Óg: Wants Gerry to stay

SINN FÉIN has said it’s ironic that “Ian Paisley Óg” has been standing up in the British House of Commons demanding that Gerry Adams remains as a Sinn Féin abstentionist MP.

West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty said:

It was ironic that DUP MPs Ian Paisley Óg and Nigel Dodds have been using up their Commons time demanding that Gerry Adams remains as an abstentionist MP.

He said that people watching DUP U-turns since the days of their ‘Smash Sinn Féin’ campaign through outright opposition to the Good Friday Agreement before operating it, or Nigel Dodds waiting political lifetimes to transfer policing and justice powers may not be totally surprised by their new found desire to see Sinn Féin MPs keep seats in Westminster:

Nevertheless, I am sure plenty of their party grassroots will be surprised by the latest DUP policy.

But it says much about the role of local MPs at Westminster when at a time when people are struggling with the implementation of the Tory cuts the DUP priority is defending some outdated constitutional nicety rather than defending public services or the jobs of frontline workers.