17/10/2013

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0:00:19 > 0:00:24Day and daily, people tell me that Stormont isn't working for them.

0:00:24 > 0:00:27Bad decisions, badly-timed decisions,

0:00:27 > 0:00:31a total lack of decisions leave them feeling deeply frustrated.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34And rightly so, because it doesn't have to be like this.

0:00:40 > 0:00:45The Ulster Unionist Party understands that life is difficult enough

0:00:45 > 0:00:48without politics making it feel worse.

0:00:48 > 0:00:52Jim Nicholson offers you unmatched experience

0:00:52 > 0:00:55and influence within the European Union.

0:00:55 > 0:00:59In the coming months, he'll do what's right for you.

0:00:59 > 0:01:03The Ulster Unionist Party does what's right for Northern Ireland.

0:01:03 > 0:01:07I'm not waiting around on the Health Minister to act on organ donation.

0:01:07 > 0:01:11I'm progressing my own bill at Stormont to update the law

0:01:11 > 0:01:12and save lives

0:01:12 > 0:01:16by changing the way we sign up to the organ donor register.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19That's why I'm not waiting for the Executive

0:01:19 > 0:01:22to stop the naming of play parks after terrorists.

0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm bringing forward a bill

0:01:25 > 0:01:27to ensure that never happens again,

0:01:27 > 0:01:30thus doing what's right for Northern Ireland.

0:01:30 > 0:01:34That's why I'm bringing forward legislation to tackle criminality.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36It's the right thing to do for Northern Ireland.

0:01:36 > 0:01:41And that's why I'm planning my own bill on freedom of speech.

0:01:41 > 0:01:43Without it, Northern Ireland will become a place apart

0:01:43 > 0:01:45in the United Kingdom,

0:01:45 > 0:01:48and our economy, our universities

0:01:48 > 0:01:53and our ability to scrutinise local government will all suffer.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56And that's why I'm leading the opposition

0:01:56 > 0:02:01to Sinn Fein's mismanagement of our children's education.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Northern Ireland's first Education Minister

0:02:03 > 0:02:07wanted a single education system, but was thwarted.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10100 years on, it's time to make it happen.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12It's doing what's right for Northern Ireland.

0:02:12 > 0:02:16The Ulster Unionist Party has a saying:

0:02:16 > 0:02:19"Country first." It means doing what's right

0:02:19 > 0:02:23irrespective of the cost to the party or to any individual politician.

0:02:23 > 0:02:27It's served Northern Ireland well for many years,

0:02:27 > 0:02:29and it's what we need again if we're to really kick on

0:02:29 > 0:02:34for a better economy, education, health and housing.

0:02:34 > 0:02:39It really is no empty promise to say that with your help, we're ready

0:02:39 > 0:02:44and we're willing to once again do what's right for Northern Ireland.