Would it be fair to say that the ex submarine commander Steve Aiken has torpedoed any chance of a unionist pact in the forthcoming general election on December 12?
The coming general election, which is of critical importance to the future of the United Kingdom, and indeed the integrity of the Union itself, got under way in a dramatic way this week.
There has been an ideological faultline which arguably has existed since the founding of Northern Ireland in 1921 but which has become more pronounced over recent decades as unionism's majority has shrunk.
Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage, has given an ultimatum to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to bin his withdrawal agreement and work with him to deliver a No Deal Brexit.
Police have been called in after a series of threatening messages were sent to UUP figures, including one which explicitly referred to a meeting involving a notorious UDA faction which told the party not to challenge Nigel Dodds.
Essex Police detectives investigating the discovery of 39 dead bodies in a refrigerated container in Grays, Essex last week have revealed they have spoken to one of the brothers from Northern Ireland wanted on suspicion of manslaughter.
Despite Boris Johnson's past reassurances, including at last year's DUP conference that the whole of the United Kingdom would be leaving the EU as one, it would appear separate arrangements are to be made for Northern Ireland.
Barry Gray will give his first home teamtalk as Warrenpoint Town boss in around three years this weekend but is more concerned with reality than romance.
Oran Kearney's bid to extend the only Premiership unbeaten record to 14 fixtures arrives off the back of a midweek League Cup quarter-final success by 5-1 over Dundela which left the Bannsiders boss pleased with progress but keen to keep pushing for more from his on-song squad.
Ballymena United boss David Jeffrey considers the club in "a challenging period" in the aftermath of a midweek League Cup exit which proved painful on a number of fronts.
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