Poots Sparks Backlash Over 'Clock-Cleaning' Threat to Allister in Speaker Role
• Edwin Poots under fire for "clean his clock" threat against Jim Allister • Poots said he would have "cleaned" Allister's "clock" for remarks about Poots becoming Speaker • Allister accused Poots of bias and having a "difficult relationship with my freedom of speech" • Allister said Speaker should show no favor or disfavor, but Poots threatened to "deck" him • Poots took over as Speaker when DUP ended boycott; said he's most experienced aside from Gerry Kelly