SF anger over SDLP’s Le Pen warning

A furious war of words erupted between nationalists at Stormont today after an SDLP minister claimed the French presidential election should serve as a reminder to those alarmed at the prospect of further Sinn Fein and DUP gains at the ballot box.

Sinn Fein’s Alex Maskey slammed Employment and Learning Minister Carmel Hanna for insulting voters after she claimed right winger Jean Marie Le Pen’s success in the first round of the French Presidential Elections could be mirrored in next year’s Assembly elections by Sinn Fein and the DUP if there was similar voter apathy here.