Communities minister Gordon Lyons posted a statement about a community centre in Larne being used to house people that had no accommodation after being intimidated out of their homes. Hours later the community centre went up in flames as a violent racist mob attacked this vital community service. Can Gordon Lyons stand over his statement in light of what happened next?
This is the Minister for Communities, someone with the power and responsibility to invest in regeneration, reduce the social housing waiting list, and support vulnerable communities. Instead, he chooses to stir division and deflect from his own failures.
This isn't leadership. It’s cowardice. And it proves what many already know: Gordon Lyons is unfit for public office and should resign.