It would be better to televise Stormont meetings than hold bogus press conferences

We would then have an end to bogus press conferences where journalists can only ask one question.

Most of us are now aware of the prevalence of ‘virtue signalling’ with the implied inference that the constant reiteration of that which is perceived to be good is part of the one who expresses it.

Philosopher Daniel Dennett invented the word ‘deepity’ to describe a phrase which may seem true and profound but actually is ambiguous and empty. The political slogan a ‘shared future‘ has been rammed down our throats for decades. It is a deepity, par excellence. In matters of life and death we need an end to virtue signalling and deepities from the Stormont executive.

George McNally, Londonderry