Ulster says Ho!

There is universal disdain for Iris Robinson and her husband...what's his name again? There is no one i have met who has gone, oh poor things. In fact people are even more disgusted over her whole mental health breakdown and that staged near sobbing which took place with that crocheted doily about daddy in the background.

After watching the Spotlight programme a few things are clear to me.

First, that Kirk will have to move to some atoll in the South Pacific, change his name, get facial reconstruction surgery, change his gender, etc. Poor lad. That's who i feel really sorry for now. Hopefully the Daily Mirror are offering him more money to buy some more kitchen equipment and furniture - and a bit on the side for all those other things he needs to do if he wants to ever date again.

Secondly, that people like the Robinsons live in a world that is delusional, corrupt, incestuous and with no sense of personal accountability to anyone. There are rules, but so what? There is a peace process that's taking place and people are still dying because of an acrimonious, intractable and blood soaked 500 year old history. But that's a side show. As long as we seek god's forgiveness, that's ok. I loved her long-winded and ridiculous lie when Dr Black asked her by text, "Where is god in all this?" Raymond Carver could not have made it up. Oh it was meant to be a loan, oh no, he cried when he got the money, oh he was going to split it with me, oh he wanted to give it to the church, oh i had asked him to give the church £1,000 a month...

They were bribes - or 'gifts' - to her, which she did the sugar daddy thing with and then when it was over she wanted it back. And there was the small matter of actually declaring it. And oh yes, my husband is also the First Minister. Who was trying to cover his ass STILL as late as two days ago by hanging her out to dry.

Selwyn Black must have thought, do these people think i'm some sort of a dumbwaiter? Do they think i'm a glorified butler? Do they think i'm stupid? Yes Mastah, First Minister i can hear you and your stage whisper in the background. Yessum, i can see you have been banging this young man who could be your grandson and using these gifts to make yourself look good. Yes, i actually can think for myself and have a conscience. And yes, i'm not afraid to use it.

People like them have been surrounded all their lives by toadys who have clung on to their coattails in the hope that their rising star will take them along with them. They have never had anyone say to them, look here, this is just not on. It must have been a shock to discover that there was some one who had decided to stand up to them and say, nope, not me sire. I'd say there's an agent contacting Selwyn about the rights to his story now.

Finally, their shameless self-interest is completely laid bare by dragging God into this. I'm not a god-fearing sort, but to say that She has sought God's forgiveness and received it, just smacks of insult and abuse. It's insulting to people who believe in god and it's abusing the concept of forgiveness. It's same the way priests and nuns abused children by saying, it is god's work. God wanted this to happen. And it doesn't matter because God has cleansed me of sin. But not you. You're still an abomination because you haven't repented from your mental illness of being gay.

What happens between you and god stays there. You don't use god's name to exonerate you. Time and your genuine intent can only do that. Sorry and your say so that you have been forgiven is not the way to go. It's vulgar, sinful, hollow and pathetic. It shows how fecking desperate you are.

What happens to Peter now is entirely dependent on how useful he is to the state. If he has outlived his purpose, then he will be allowed to swing. Otherwise he will be rescued. Perhaps slapped around a bit, but that will be the height of it. Unless they are run out of their mansion by a torch bearing, pitchfork welding mob, i don't think we will see any real fireworks by way of accountability and comeuppance. But the truth is there is no one in the DUP to take his place. They could wheel out Ian or Ian, but i don't think that's really going to do. The only thing left now is Jimbo. Ah, back to the TUV. The Traditionalisaurous Hex. Who says no deal with the Sinners, no deal with the Assembly, no deal with power sharing. We ain't gonna do it. It ain't logical, but we don't care. So never mind god thinks...better the devil you know, eh?

As for Iris, she will probably be stripped of all the prestige and power that she sought so to hard to aggregate, which she enjoyed and abused and she will probably be forgotten when the next scandal comes round. She'll end up doing charity work, to rehabilitate herself. Do a tour of Calcutta, or the Bogside. Which ever is handiest or more punishing. It's gonna be hard to call.

Or she could set up an escort agency with Joan Collins and Liza Minelli with £50K. It could work.