The Special Ones
Is there some kind of special bond between Jose Mourinho and the North Down MP, Lady Sylvia Hermon?
The Chelsea manager is the "Special One". She is the special One Woman Ulster Unionist Commons team.
Jose has lost a dog. She has just asked the Secretary of State to tell her "how many dogs were reported stolen in each police district command unit area in Northern Ireland in (a) each of the past 12 months and (b) each of the previous three years, broken down by breed; how many of the dogs were recovered; how many people have been prosecuted for this crime over the same period; and what sentence was imposed in each case where no legal proceedings are outstanding."
And the answer? Unfortunately the police say the information can be obtained only at "disproportionate cost".
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Mark
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This isn't the last we've heard of this, I'm sure..She isn't trying to provide a good home for a certain Yorkshire Terrier wandering the streets of London with a red ribbon, over that side of the Irish Sea ? Shame they couldn't provide the figures, as this might have told her where Jose's pooch would have blended in most inconspicuously.
Perhaps they could have an identity parade of Terriers at today's FA Cup ?
Mark
Given that it’s Cup Final Day was Lady Sylvia signalling her support for Chelsea and Jose by raising her canine concerns in Parliament? Fair enough, but perhaps you or your contributors could tell me what the Good Lady’s concerns were in Northern Ireland terms in the following Parliamentary Question which she put down on 10 May:
"Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the political situation in that country; and if she will make a statement."
Be assured I have not made this up! Perhaps she was being used as a stoodge for a fellow MP but the current state of the UUP suggests that the Party has more than its fair share of stooges.
Frank
Carryduff
so, this is the stuff of what journalism, post-may 8th in northern ireland is about?