Several MLAs voiced objection to the remark from their seats in the chamber
UUP leader Doug Beattie has apologised to the Assembly after claiming DUP MLAs were screaming and whining “like a girl”.
Mr Brett appeared to make reference to a previous controversy when Mr Beattie apologised after being accused of misogyny over the contents of a series of historical tweets. MLAs are meeting during a recalled sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly in another doomed attempt to restore the executive. However, the DUP labelled the recall a “stunt”, stating that it would not be supporting the election of a speaker.
While consumers in the rest of the UK have already begun to receive support payments, there has been no decision about how and when they will be made in Northern Ireland. Representing the DUP, MLA Gordon Lyons said: “This recall of the Assembly is nothing more than a farce. We know it is a stunt, the public know it is a stunt and the other parties know it is a stunt also.”
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