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Watch Out Ruddy Ducks

Mark Devenport | 11:58 UK time, Tuesday, 1 April 2008

During exchanges on the Victims Commission Bill this morning, David Ford suggested that Jim Shannon's hearing might be faulty. The Strangford MLA responded by claiming that he could hear doves flying half to three quarters of a mile away. Presumably this was a reference to his dove shooting trips prevously documented on the blog Hawks and Doves.

It's not just South American doves who should be on alert when Jim's around. It's time for any ruddy ducks to keep their heads bobbed down below the waterline. The countryside sports enthusiast has been checking with the Environment Minister on whether she has any plans to cull ruddy ducks. Arlene Foster tells him that she has agreed to extend a UK wide cull to Northern Ireland. The minister's officials are talking to the UK Central Science Laboratory about when the cull might begin.

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  • At 02:29 PM on 01 Apr 2008,
  • Mark wrote:

"extend a UK wide cull to Northern Ireland"

First Brown's 'Importance of the Union' essay, now this.

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