The campaign to save the Irish Post, which I wrote about yesterday, is gaining support. At lunch, the early day motion had attracted 64 names (up from 45 yesterday), including Labour MPs Jon Cruddas, Jeremy Corbyn and David Winnick.
It also prompted a statement from the West Tyrone Sinn Fein MP Pat Doherty in which he expressed "deep concern" about the effect of the paper's closure on Britain's Irish community.
He said the weekly paper had been "an important and invaluable link between the Irish diaspora in Britain, and more widely, with Ireland."
"It is absolutely vital that this voice and role continues," he said. "All efforts to ensure that this happens should be supported."
