Hypocrisy?
Inside Politics this weekend features the Enterprise Minister Nigel Dodds. Most of the questions concern the speculation over a Westminster election in November. What about double jobbing minister/MPs? At 81 should Ian Paisley really still be continuing as First Minister, DUP leader, MLA and North Antrim MP?
I also try to assess how much disruption an election might cause the Executive given the timetable for its budget and programme for government. And talking of timing, we move on to discuss the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie's deadline to the UDA over decommissioning.
The North Belfast MP isn't impressed, it seems, by the October 9th deadline. He accuses the SDLP in general and Margaret Ritchie in particular of hypocrisy, citing the SDLP's previous reluctance to approve any sanctions on republicans in relation to IRA violence.
So are the SDLP hypocrites or is this just an early example of an Executive Minister retreating into a traditional political bunker now an election is in the offing? To judge for yourself listen to Inside Politics on BBC radio Ulster on Saturday at 12.45 pm.
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