Killing Two Birds
Far from playing down his dove shooting past Jim Shannon raised it of his own volition yesterday when Jim Wells used a figure of speech in his contribution to the budget debate. We revisited this on Stormont Live, but here's the transcript
Mr Wells: Perhaps, we could kill two birds with one stone by bringing our roads up to an acceptable level and by --
Mr Shannon: Is that the first time that the Member has killed two birds?
Mr Wells: As someone who boasted about going to Argentina to kill 8,000 pigeons, that statement is a bit rum.
Mr Shannon: I did not boast about killing 8,000 pigeons; it was rumoured that I killed 8,000 birds.
Mr Wells: The honourable Member has not informed the House whether he killed more than 8,000 pigeons or fewer, but, if I was an Argentinian pigeon, I would be extremely worried if I saw him coming through Buenos Aires again.
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