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We are always hearing about the fat cats up here at Stormont, but could some of them be about to get thinner? Following some sounds of hilarity emanating from one basement office I came across Downtown Radio's Eamonn Mallie weighing in Deputy Speaker John Dallat. It turns out that Eamonn is pioneering what he calls a weight lotto - a weight loss club intended to raise some money for charity. He got roped in by Assembly Broadcasting's Nora Anne Barron, whose original idea it was. Apart from John Dallat, they are also press ganging a number of other politicos, including Deputy Speaker Francie Molloy, Finance Minister Peter Robinson, Environment Minister Arlene Foster and my colleague Jim Fitzpatrick, all of whom I would have thought were pretty svelte. They hope the politicians will turn up for weekly weigh ins.

Come to think of it, Eamonn does bear a remarkable resemblance to Little Britain's Marjorie Dawes.

Before anyone asks I'm not joining. If I lost any weight I'd have to move next door to the Ulster Hospital.

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