Eglinton airport sale proposal daft: Wilson

FINANCE Minister Sammy Wilson ridiculed the SDLP’s proposal to sell City of Derry Airport for £37m saying it’s not ours to sell.

By The Newsroom

Published 30th Jun 2011, 10:13 BST

Going on the attack during a debate on the Budget Bill last week Mr Wilson said: “The SDLP wants us to sell an airport that does not belong to us.

“It wants £37 million from the sale of Londonderry Airport or Derry City Airport or whatever you want to call it.

“It really does not matter what it is called; the SDLP wants to call it ours, but it is someone else’s.

“Those are daft proposals. Ms Ritchie glibly stands up and says that we have ignored the sterling advice of the SDLP, but it is not a bit of wonder.”