Imposters
Having called the dissidents "traitors", Martin McGuinness now seems to have settled on a new description: "imposters". he used the term during a "doorstep" at Free Derry Corner on Friday, then again during his interview with me for today's "Inside Politics". He made it clear that he believes the "Real IRA" is behind the threat, and again insisted he wouldn't be deflected from the path he has chosen.
My guest, Sunday World columnist Roisin Gorman, pointed out the obvious difficulty facing Sinn Fein in criticising the dissidents whilst justifying past IRA violence. Professor Rick Wilford thinks that if Colin Duffy stands in the European election it will be a useful way of quantifying dissident grassroots support.
Martin McGuinness told me that Sinn Fein wasn't consulted before Downing Street announced its exemption for Northern Ireland from the proposed MPs' attendance allowance. Rick Wilford thinks the proosal may well be dead in the water given the opposition it has run into from the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life and the other Westminster parties.
The Politics Show has an interview with Sir Reg Empey and a report on the Green Party conference. That's on 91Èȱ¬1 at 3.30 pm today. And Stormont Live will be on air as ever on 91Èȱ¬2 tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 pm.
I'm 
Comments