Sammy Wilson (born 4 April 1953) is a Northern Irish politician and both a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Antrim.
In June 2008, Mr Wilson became Minister of the Environment, much to the irritation of green and environmental groups. This was because of Mr Wilson’s opposition to the creation of an indepedent environmental protection agency and his support of nuclear power. Mr Wilson was the winner of the Green Party’s Green Wash award – the MLA most likely to damage the environment.
Most recently Our Sammy called a government advertisement campaign on climate change “an insidious propaganda campaign which would not be imposed on people in NI.”
Mr Wilson has also advised Whitehall that such messages can only be promoted in Northern Ireland with his permission and he wants to see what he terms ‘postcode lockouts’ used to prevent them ‘leaking’ into that part of the UK.
You have to remember that Sammy represents the Everyman – a sure indicator that not only can any man get into politics but it doesn’t matter whether they have the intelligence, education or experience to deal with these issues.
Sammy gets his show around the 3 minute mark…