Iris Robinson was having an affair behind husband Peter's back - story about to break

[alan1122]

ok, less of the cheesy jokes, especially when you're just repeating them (or copy and pasting them from elsewhere).

Ah, could'nt resist it, suitably chastised !

[former wesleyan]

Contrast Peter Robinson's performance yesterday with his performance in the Assembly on the day that Iris attempted suicide. He was laughing and joking FFS!!

If you remove the FFS and then re-read your post.......

[west'sawake]

I couldn't help but feel very sorry for them both. There is no greater pyschological suffering than the world to know the whole shoddy business and the dirty linen to be so public.

How can Peter Robinson go on at all? He can't and it won't be like the long departure of Bertie. He'll go sooner than he wants. For one thing S.F are not going to indulge him and who could blame them. His hardening stance over the police and Justice issue was to appease the DUP backwoodsmen who won't be appeased now anyway and there will be only so much mileage on the cuckholded husband card.

S.F. will walk by Paddy's day because they know Robinson cannot deliver and what ever political capital in the form of sympathy he has will quickly run out as more questions are raised. He is a leader now without authority and being so wounded will only act so that he can hold on.

Ironically his only hope is to actually throw caution to the wind, face down his opponents by giving them veyr little time to plan his ousting and do the deal with S.F. now. That though is not his political character, he has always played the long strategic game, posessing a fine forensic mind, one that brought Paisley to reality. But he does not have the time now for the long game and gambles are not his political currency, not since Clontibrit anyway, (which got him kudos among the faithful). In effect, he is now a surrogate leader who will have the DUP baby taken off him by Dodds, within three or four months.

The DUP is first and foremost a political party whose modus operandi and political machine is no different to any other party in Ireland or the U.K. be it F.F., F.G., The Tories or Labour. When the leader becomes a liability and fatally weakened, he goes. At the end of the day that is what politics is about. There really is no room for the milk of human kindness, The bastards.

Politically the UUP has to benefit from this and to be frank I'd rather Robinson and his devolutionists than Reg Empey's anaemic UUP Tories because I believe in the long run that it would only be under the DUP and S.F that Northern Ireland ironically will eventually get even more devolutionary powers, maybe possibly even fiscal powers that would allow a greater convergence between North and South. It is one of the many ironies of the place that S.F and the DUP share somethingi n common an antipathy and deep distrust of perfidious Albion.

[alan1122]

Have to admit, the documentary was explosive and just made me wish that there were more whistleblowers in Southern politics.

Some things stood out a mile...

1. Why did the BBC make such a big issue of her rants against homosexuality very early on ? Made me wonder did the "Gafia" have a part to play in bringing down Iris

2. Priceless moment... when the BBC guy spoke about "recieved money from a property developer", and wrote the initials "FF" .. were they taking the Pee

Then I thought, had it been down here.. FF would have been the ones taking the money, not giving it

3. They seemed to be making a big play on the fact that Irish wanted money paid back to the Church.. made me wonder, did she filter some money out of the Church in the first place

4. Peter laughing and joking in work a few hours after she "attempted to commit suicide".. Hmm .. I wonder

5. Kirky boy twisting the knife.. can you just imagine what some whistleblowers down here could tell if a. they had the nuts and b. Prime Time actually gave them a platform

Great programme I have to say

defo suspicious about his speech in the assembly 12 hrs after her suicide attempt, to go and speak would have been a big deal , but to be cracking jokes and raising a laugh,looking so relaxed, either he deserves an oscar or the suicide attempt is another figment of their PR guru's imagination.#
Would be great to see the whole session of the assembly that day.

[Scribbler]

Fantastic headline in tomorrow's Irish Sun: Iris 60, bonked lad, 22

He was 19 according to the BBC so the Sun missed out. It should be:

Iris 60 bonked lad 19

Much to the delight of all dyslexic unionists who would just see 1690.

[Oddjob111]

A suicide attempt can mean anything,they mentioned an ambulance was called but never said what happened, she might have taken 15 Solpadeine.

[paxtime]

I wonder about all this talk of a suicide attempt. Is there any other reason why Iris would have landed in hospital that night?

[former wesleyan]

From the Grauniad:-

Quote:
But Iris is no maverick. While she has evidently relished the sexy granny look, she is every inch an evangelical Christian (of the Pentecostalist, rather than the Free Presbyterian variety). Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams are on her prayer list – "I'd like to see them redeemed by Christ," she said in one interview: Unquote.

I'd like to see them redeemed, by Christ.

(Apologies to Eats Shoots and Leaves. )

[paxtime]

Other than 15 Solpedeine, of course.

[David Cochrane]

This is a political discussion website, not a wild speculation site folks.

I'd ask you can speculation about this kind of thing.