Stormont: Like Westminster Used To Be

If Northern Ireland Assembly members are overpaid, then they are certainly not alone in that. But the voices to that effect are from those who would be the London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, or indeed Dublin-style Political Class in Belfast, if there were such a thing. Mercifully, there is not. Instead, the composition of those in and around the Northern Ireland Assembly is strikingly diverse, not just politically, but also socially, economically and generationally, like Parliament used to be. Long may it remain the case. These politicians are not "unqualified". They are your betters.