A Yellow Card and the Split in the DUP
During yesterday's manifesto launch the SDLP tried to work in a Champions League metaphor by talking about showing a "Yellow card" to Sinn Fein and the DUP (why not a red one?) The DUP launched their manifesto in an activity centre on the Belvoir estate in South Belfast today and footballing metaphors were in short supply, perhaps because this would only have pointed up the very obvious split in the party between Chelsea fan Peter Robinson and Everton fan Nigel Dodds.
Diane Dodds has asked her husband if she can count on him to canvass on Saturday afternoon, but he is sounding distinctly non-committal. Where can you canvass whilst keeping one eye on the TV?
Predictably the DUP launch was dominated by talk of "topping the poll", even though each MEP we elect will have an equal vote. Still, Diane Dodds insists it will be a "disaster" if Sinn Fein comes first and two nationalists are elected.
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