Archives for August 17, 2007

The Ulster Unionist MLA Billy Armstrong has dropped me an email about his letter to the regional development minister Conor Murphy. The UUP member for Mid-Ulster is demanding Mr Murphy take urgent action to ensure that all correspondence issued by his department and by the Water Service use the term County Londonderry. Mr Armstrong says he has received numerous complaints that correspondence and bills are addressed "County Derry rather than the proper and full name of County Londonderry."

Now that sounds like one for Talkback on Monday!

PS By which time I expect my colleague Mark Devenport to resume the Devenport Diaries. Thank you for all your comments!

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Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy is the only one of his party colleagues not to declare his position as a Westminster MP (unpaid, just expenses) in his Assembly register of interests. Mr Murphy did duly declare land and property interests but he forgot about his Westminster role, despite looking thrilled in 2005 when he snatched the seat long held by the SDLP. When contacted by the BBC, after an eagle-eyed colleague spotted the omission, a party spokesman said it was an oversight that was now being rectified.

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