Grievances should be aired round the executive table, not in public

The first rule of management to observe is that you praise in public but criticise in private.

The correct forum to air her grievances was around the executive table.

Having done that her choice was clear, either abide by collective responsibility or if still unhappy withdraw from government.

Michelle O’Neill did neither and in a case of having her cake and eating it embarked on a solo run.

Granted front-line NHS staff and those working in care homes and visiting the elderly did not have adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and test test test proved very effective in overcoming the virus in South Korea.

But the blame cannot be laid at Robin Swann’s door, who is working flat out for the population of Northern Ireland.

Rather it lies at the door of the UK government with the NHS being underfunded by £14.4 billion.

Contrast that with the solidarity shown to the finance minister Conor Murphy by the other four parties.

Leaving aside that he neither apologised to the Quinn family in public nor resigned, there is a stronger case for his resignation owing to his failure to secure PPE via the Republic of Ireland.

Although an atheist let me conclude by quoting the good book, ‘Let him without sin cast the first stone’

Gerard O’Boyle, Devon