First sign of any sort of kick back on the Alliance, the SDLP and Sinn Fein came from President of the Chamber last night, Joe Jordan who criticised the timing of the vote (rather than the vote itself), and the widespread unrest in and now way beyond the city..
It fell to Mairtin O’Muilleoir, a businessman himself and often an overt champion of local business interests on Twitter responded to similar queries on Sunday when he tweeted:
@danzer_b agreed but I understand frustration of traders. Not alwaysbposs to align the democratic and the retail calendars.
— Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (@newbelfast) December 9, 2012
But when comes to it, you are left with Jordan’s question still hanging: why couldn’t they? What was the rush? Why not the retail graveyard of February or March?
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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