Love him or loath him, you cannot ignore him. Brian Feeney’s long term observation of Ulster politics has a distinctly naturalist feel this week. In between street level stories, minor politicians are vying feverishly for space to get their messages, and their faces, onto the television screen before the campaigning rules kick-in and each sound bite’s measured for balance.
People you haven�t clapped eyes on since 1998 will materialise on your doorstep and promise the moon and the stars or even something they think you might want. If there�s no election called they�ll vanish again from your life as completely as before. There are 100 of these lost souls but there are over 1,000 selected candidates wandering in limbo who never got to slurp the gravy.
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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