They have only cut their pay and not stopped it though. I guess the argument is that they are still doing constituency work. But if there is no assembly then what constituency work are they doing? Surely no more or less than what councillors are capable of doing though. The most important news is that legislation is being prepared to bring in devolution. Vitally important, particularly for low paid public sector scum like me, we need direction and funds. It's also quite sad that the great work of selfless politicians like Hume, mallon, Trimble and ervine is being undone. I can see northern ireland sliding into the abyss.