Sinn Fein seem to make a distinction between a “constituency” office and an “advice centre”. This of course facilitates any MLA ( Paul Maskey, Willie Clarke, Conor Murphy, Francie Molloy,Michelle Gildernew, Gerry Adams, Martina Anderson, Pat Doherty) resigning the Assembly seat and being replaced by a “co-option”.

The advice centre on the Ormeau Road in South Belfast, has a large poster in the window featuring Alex Maskey and his team of councillors from Laganbank and Balmoral…including our “Lord” Mayor, Mairtin O’ Muilleoir.