The Assembly motion on Openness and Transparency from the Executive finished about a hour ago, and featured. Not one currently serving Minister was in attendance. That’s little short of contempt.
https://twitter.com/mickfealty/status/783267426591014912
A point reiterated by all parties in the (actual) Opposition. The ‘government’ distinguished only by its absence…
https://twitter.com/mickfealty/status/783269078370754560
Instead, as one member for North Antrim put it…
https://twitter.com/mickfealty/status/783269589656465408
But the best trigger line came from another…
https://twitter.com/mickfealty/status/783270396049104897
Then, online…
Thanks Robin for publicising the event. We're close to max no of ppl allowed in room now tho
— DUP (@duponline) October 4, 2016
The Twittersphere (or rather those still awake) ‘gasped’…
— Gabe Doran 🇺🇦 (@GPDoran) October 4, 2016
And then a final riposte from the member for North Antrim…
— Robin Swann : North Antrim UUP MLA (@RobinSwannMoH) October 4, 2016
DUP members tried to suggest that no one outside the institutions care if they as an administration are not accountable in the chamber.
That the Executive does not consider itself accountable lies in the fact that no one with Executive status bothered to defend its record in NI’s Legislative Assembly.
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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