Ian Parsley makes an eloquent case for zero rates on town centre retail businesses.

He does not mention the Alliance Party.

Coincidently the new Alliance Chair is Glyn Roberts, CEO of the Norn Iron Independent Retailers Consortium.

Perhaps they can chat about this at this weekend’s Alliance Party Conference. Mrs Parsley (Paula Bradshaw) is on the Alliance Party Executive, having only joined the Party at the end of 2010.