And finally, a Northern Irish politician to be proud of...

There are still some politicians with integrity, not many, but look hard enough and there's still some...

Two senior Labour MPs have pledged to continue campaigning for an EU treaty referendum despite pressure from their party to stop.
Contrary to earlier reports, Frank Field and Kate Hoey have both said they have not quit I Want a Referendum.

Two other Labour MPs, Gisele Stewart and Graham Stringer, have had their names removed from campaign literature but continue to support its aims.
The campaign is holding referendums in 10 Labour and Lib Dem constituencies.

I’ve a lot of respect for Belfast-born Kate Hoey, she’s a throwback to those Labour MPs of old who were not prepared to let the party whips and their career dictate their stance on matters of personal conscience.
And she’s a fully paid-up member of the GAWA, what a woman!

Unfortunately such free-thinkers as Kate and the likes of Frank Field are no longer welcome within the Stalinist confines of Nulabour.

Labour's Chief Whip Geoff Hoon is understood to have threatened the four Labour MPs on the I Want a Referendum board with expulsion from the Parliamentary Party.