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Martin McGuinness managed to congratulate the royals ... without mentioning them

All the mothers have lovely babies…

POLITICIANS FROM ALL parties have been lining up, across the water, to pay tribute to William and Kate – following the birth of Prince George’s as-yet-unnamed little sister.

Closer to home, the North’s Deputy First Minister managed to sidestep the issue of whether he should or shouldn’t tweet his congratulations – issuing this carefully-worded message…

Deftly done…

It put us in mind of another carefully-worded compliment – uttered by a certain Father Ted.

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