Iain Dale has beaten me to it, but it's quirky enough to repeat in any case. Young Sinn Fein politician Connor Morgan made his maiden speech in the Commons, treating his audience of young parliamentarians to a few phrases in Irish. Of course it was the youth parliament not the real thing, but as Iain Dale writes, if Connor Morgan can do it, why not Gerry Adams or Martin McGuinness?
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