“Are they gay buses?”

— Sammy Wilson

The Mirror https://www.thefreelibrary.com/FROM+CITYBUS+TO+PRETTY+BUS%3b+EXCLUSIVE+New+pink+vehicles+are+gay+says...-a0125781529 (December 4, 2004)
The then MLA Sammy Wilson commenting on the re-branding of buses in greater Belfast from red to pink.

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