Panto Season
Put down of the day has to be from the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness who savaged the Alliance leader after David Ford criticised the Executive's programme for government. Mr McGuinness claimed the Alliance's effort to portray itself as an opposition was "rather futile" as his party was "trying to punch above its weight".
He went on to describe Mr Ford making serious speeches then sitting down smiling to himself "as if involved in a pantomime", an analogy which appeared calculated to stir up all those memories of "pantomime horses". Finally the DFM said he wasn't interested in "playing wee games" with the Alliance.
Mr Ford may console himself that his barbs must be hurting if they have provoked such a furious response.
It made me wonder what Mr McGuinness has been listening to during his weekend in Rome at the Consistory when Sean Brady became a Cardinal. I'm sure there were plenty of prayers and readings, but "blessed are the meek" doesn't seem to have made much of an impact on the DFM.
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I would have thought the DFM was not a heavy weight in terms of suitability to help lead the executive of a government. I am sure that his qualifications and experience would make interesting reading. Civil servants have to acquire many higher skills to manage the country while their bosses do not have this constraint. Getting into power is one thing needing special advisers and civil servants to help you do the job is another.