The Chief Minister says the new man, thrown into the centre of public sector pay negoatiations, may be inexperienced in mainstream political terms but is well versed in the jobs market.
The Government officially has a pay freeze. The man who has to deal with that is MHK Alfred Cannan.
Allan Bell has backed his judgement by putting the Michael new boy into the chairman's role at Whitley Council.
His reasons for that move?
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