From my own correspondent

I have a good friend and colleague (who has given me permission to quote them here) the wonderfully talented KO as I shall term him who needs to be blogging too. KO gave me some comments on my blog generally and also some feedback on the current recession here in Norn Iron - KO doesn't pull his punches :o)

Yes, we have the biggest rise in unemployment in thirty-seven years – yet, unsurprisingly, given the piss-poor standard of public administration in Northern Ireland, complacently favourable comparisons are being made with levels in the sceptr’d isle. Maybe we shall all be treated to the vision of the sun being eclipsed by massed squadrons of flying pigs and late evening and night time vistas of thousands of blue moons - accompanied by the receipt of the resources you need. Eh? What do you think? Like, do you think it’s going to happen?

The question is what would KO and come to think of us the rest of us do?