Tommy Burns must have doubted if he'd ever get a straight answer at OFMDFM Question Time. The SDLP man had been thwarted a fortnight ago in his bid to score some party political points when he asked Ian Paisley if he agreed with Ian Jnr's disparaging remarks on the role of Junior Ministers.
On that occasion Da Paisley assumed that the question was about his son's remarks on gays and churned out a prepared answer that bore no significance to the question.
Today when Tommy asked Martin McGuinness a question at Question Time Mr McGuinness said:
"The short answer is that I haven't got an answer for your question because I was told before I came in today that you wouldn't be here."
As the laughter among the benches ensued and a bemused Tommy Burns looked around the chamber, waiting for Jeremy Beadle to jump out and tell him that it was all a wind up, the Deputy First Minister continued, "I have been very honest about all of that."
Just then a "quick-witted civil servant" came to Martin McGuinness' and Tommy Burns' rescue and presented him with the answer.
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