The Reverend Ian Paisley, a not infrequent target of this blog, has decided to leave the European Parliament. Not surprisingly, the reason is not to remove his unpleasant influence from public life but to concentrate on “negotiating” with Sinn Fein. (I suppose that means “making sure the underlings don’t agree to anything I haven’t sabotaged”.)
It’s only odd that he’s been there so long without resigning – after all, he did once declare that the parliament was keeping a secret 666th seat open for the return of Satan. Funny, eh. Maybe the expenses had something to do with it.