The news agenda has been dominated by riots in the UK and the presidential election in the US, but other stories continue to develop which are worth noting
"As a group of five MPs, they would be as large as Reform UK and the DUP, and larger than the Green Party, Plaid Cymru and the four smaller Northern Ireland Unionist parties, a fact of which they are fully aware."
I think you mean "two smaller Northern Ireland Unionist parties" i.e. the UUP and TUV or "four smaller Northern Ireland parties" i.e. SDLP, Alliance, UUP and TUV.
Or the aphorism oft attributed to George Bernard Shaw: "Never wrestle with a pig. You both get filthy and the pig enjoys it."
"As a group of five MPs, they would be as large as Reform UK and the DUP, and larger than the Green Party, Plaid Cymru and the four smaller Northern Ireland Unionist parties, a fact of which they are fully aware."
I think you mean "two smaller Northern Ireland Unionist parties" i.e. the UUP and TUV or "four smaller Northern Ireland parties" i.e. SDLP, Alliance, UUP and TUV.
Well spotted, thank you. Corrected.
As for Boucher. His sudden departure from the Met left few upset or sad so I'm told.