:00:00. > :00:24.An unholy row around the Executive table after the First Minister's
:00:25. > :00:34.Just how damaged is Northern Ireland's reputation
:00:35. > :00:38.We'll hear from the Alliance Party's Stephen Farry, UKIP councillor Henry
:00:39. > :00:41.Reilly, the former President of the Methodist Church, Harold Good,
:00:42. > :00:48.And disillusioned with political life here - Anna Lo,
:00:49. > :00:50.the first Chinese born politician in any European legislature,
:00:51. > :01:12.I have made contributions in this community for the last 40 years. We
:01:13. > :01:17.all need to think very carefully about how we treat ethnic minority
:01:18. > :01:22.And in Commentators' Corner this week, fresh from the election with
:01:23. > :01:25.their thoughts on how it all panned out, programme regular Alex Kane
:01:26. > :01:29.And you can, of course, join the debate on Twitter -
:01:30. > :01:35.An unrepentant First Minister and a tearful Alliance MLA -
:01:36. > :01:37.just another day in the politics of Northern Ireland.
:01:38. > :01:40.First, Peter Robinson sought to clarify his position on Pastor James
:01:41. > :01:56.McConnell's attack on Islam as a satanic religion spawned in hell.
:01:57. > :02:04.Tonight the Belfast Islamic Centre say they have received his apology.
:02:05. > :02:10.This afternoon Anna Lo said she feels let down by the first Minister
:02:11. > :02:13.and disillusioned with politics. She will not be standing for election
:02:14. > :02:28.We'll hear more of what Ms Lo had to say shortly, but first here's what
:02:29. > :02:31.Peter Robinson said to our Political Editor, Mark Devenport,
:02:32. > :02:34.when he was asked to explain his comment that he would trust Muslims
:02:35. > :02:48.I took an outrageous suggestion. I noticed that one of the Islamic
:02:49. > :02:54.leaders said that many of the Muslim community in Northern Ireland would
:02:55. > :02:59.be involved in the health service. Would I be happy to allow them to
:03:00. > :03:06.perform surgery? I expressly said, yes I would be happy and would trust
:03:07. > :03:21.a person from the Muslim faith to carry out the operation. I knew the
:03:22. > :03:27.partner for 20 years. I indicated that he supported his right to make
:03:28. > :03:34.the remarks. I am not going to get involved in giving a view on various
:03:35. > :03:44.religions in Northern Ireland. I believe that the partner has a
:03:45. > :03:49.perfect right to speak his mind. He did it within the confines of his
:03:50. > :04:26.own Church, albeit that he has an online congregation as well. Do
:04:27. > :04:36.people... Are you concerned that your comments could fuel hatred? I
:04:37. > :04:41.am making it very clear that I am supportive of having good relations
:04:42. > :04:46.in Northern Ireland with every section of our community. I will do
:04:47. > :04:52.anything I can to make sure that that is the case. No one should ever
:04:53. > :04:56.consider taking any action against anybody from any ethnic background.
:04:57. > :05:03.Your critics have said that you should apologise. Do you feel that
:05:04. > :05:05.you all an apology? If I said anything that was the are today of
:05:06. > :05:18.course I would apologise. Peter Robinson speaking earlier to
:05:19. > :05:21.Mark Devenport - and we now know, of course,
:05:22. > :05:38.that Mr Robinson met representatives I have seen a dramatic increase in
:05:39. > :05:46.racist attacks. We are talking about two or three incidents per day. We
:05:47. > :05:50.have had a strategy in place for the last seven years that has still not
:05:51. > :05:58.been published. We must do something. We must address this
:05:59. > :06:06.issue. Local communities are telling me they have no resources to do
:06:07. > :06:09.this. Then when partner McConnell makes outrageous comments about the
:06:10. > :06:19.Muslim community we have politician after politician from DUP coming out
:06:20. > :06:26.in support of him. Now we have the first Minister of our country saying
:06:27. > :06:37.he supports him. I feel vulnerable. I feel vulnerable walking down the
:06:38. > :06:42.street. I know that ethnic minorities have been attacked. I
:06:43. > :06:54.feel vulnerable but when I walk in the street that I might be attacked.
:06:55. > :07:00.I was quite shaken in an incident recently when I walked out of our
:07:01. > :07:08.shopping centre. Someone called behind me. By the tone I knew they
:07:09. > :07:16.were not friendly. I walked on to my car. Then a car sped past me and I
:07:17. > :07:24.was glad there was a barrier between me and the car. A back seat
:07:25. > :07:33.passenger had the window wound down. Half of her was hanging out of
:07:34. > :07:40.the window. She was screaming racist comments at me with such venom and
:07:41. > :07:47.hatred. I asked myself what have I done to her? I have made
:07:48. > :08:00.contributions to this community for the last 40 years. I think we all
:08:01. > :08:07.need to think very carefully about how we treat ethnic minority
:08:08. > :08:13.communities. Many of them do feel like me. Their homes have been
:08:14. > :08:16.attacked. Are we going to drive out all our ethnic minorities who have
:08:17. > :08:30.made such contributions in Northern Ireland? How dare we entice people
:08:31. > :08:37.to Northern Ireland when we have such a place. I know it is a small
:08:38. > :08:45.minority, I know the majority of people are wonderful, but this small
:08:46. > :08:56.minority make ethnic minority people feel frightened and vulnerable. And
:08:57. > :09:08.that is how I feel. My two sons are in England. When they heard about
:09:09. > :09:14.the threats that I have received they have asked me would I want to
:09:15. > :09:17.leave. I have said I would not. I have active years year. I have
:09:18. > :09:27.friends and I want to stay. But who is to know?
:09:28. > :10:30.I am joined now by my guests. Welcome to the programme. I hope she
:10:31. > :10:33.stays in politics. She has now chosen to make that public. She has
:10:34. > :10:43.an important role to play particularly around racial equality
:10:44. > :10:50.and inclusion. We have two address the issue of racism in society. It
:10:51. > :10:54.is a problem as big as sectarianism. We have a policy that has been stuck
:10:55. > :11:00.for the last seven years. We have two properly resource at and make a
:11:01. > :11:03.commitment to building good race relations. The first Minister has
:11:04. > :11:11.two go beyond what he has said so far. Progress is being made, but it
:11:12. > :11:17.is still a qualified apology. He is saying, if he has caused offence,
:11:18. > :11:25.rather than saying that he has caused offence. Tonight the Belfast
:11:26. > :11:33.Islamic Centre say they have accepted a sincere apology in
:11:34. > :11:37.private. I have two deferred to our Muslim friends in terms of how they
:11:38. > :11:43.respond, but more has to be done to build ridges. We also have to be
:11:44. > :11:50.conscious of our international reputation. Several of my colleagues
:11:51. > :11:56.have been told that there were furious exchanges this afternoon.
:11:57. > :12:01.How bad was it? I do not want to go into details behind closed doors.
:12:02. > :12:09.There were frank exchanges. There is a broader issue. The executive as
:12:10. > :12:19.currently constituted is not working. Relationships at the top
:12:20. > :12:25.are strained. Ministers are making progress, but this is being
:12:26. > :12:29.overshadowed by bickering. There are opportunities out there that we are
:12:30. > :12:36.missing, that we have to capture. We arguing well on jobs at the moment.
:12:37. > :12:45.We have to do more to prove that the executive can deliver for people in
:12:46. > :12:49.Northern Ireland. I spoke to someone at that meeting who said relations
:12:50. > :12:56.are going down the tube fast. Do you agree? It is hard to disagree and
:12:57. > :12:59.what you are saying publicly defined those relations. We have been
:13:00. > :13:06.through difficult times in Northern Ireland. It is important people step
:13:07. > :13:10.back from the brink. We cannot have constant crises like over the last
:13:11. > :13:15.18 months that are now dominating what is happening with politics in
:13:16. > :13:20.Northern Ireland. We have to focus on the real work that has been done
:13:21. > :13:26.in individual ministries, my colleagues are doing that, and we
:13:27. > :13:32.deserved the mandate the people of Northern Ireland have entrusted us
:13:33. > :13:37.with. Henry Reilly, what is your reaction to Anna Lo's e-mail shall
:13:38. > :13:42.interview? It is very distressing and everyone would have some for
:13:43. > :13:48.Anna. Anna has said some silly things recently. She referred to
:13:49. > :13:52.people like me as colonials. If you have lived in Northern Ireland for
:13:53. > :13:57.generations you are not a colonial. I talked to a large number of people
:13:58. > :14:02.from ethnic minority communities over the last couple of days since
:14:03. > :14:06.Pascal McConnell's address and they do not feel under any additional
:14:07. > :14:13.threat because of it. I am at a loss as to why not so desperately... Did
:14:14. > :14:17.you just hear her talk about the abuse she had endured recently? She
:14:18. > :14:23.talked about feeling frightened, unwelcome and vulnerable. I do not
:14:24. > :14:27.know why. One point made to meet today in south Armagh was that Anna
:14:28. > :14:31.has lived here for 40 years into worst of the Troubles and people
:14:32. > :14:36.were being killed in South Armagh because of what the IRA saw as their
:14:37. > :14:41.British ethnicity and Anna called them colonials. She has to
:14:42. > :14:49.understand everyone has feelings and emotions, not just Anna, and UKIP
:14:50. > :14:54.would totally condemn any racism and any adverse comments against any
:14:55. > :14:58.individual based on the race, but their people make very rash and
:14:59. > :15:04.offensive comments towards their fellow citizens in Northern Ireland,
:15:05. > :15:10.they are in biting this. So she invited this invective, is that what
:15:11. > :15:14.you are seriously telling us? Do you regard yourself as a colonial in
:15:15. > :15:18.Northern Ireland? That caught so much at parents with ordinary people
:15:19. > :15:26.who lived here for generations. We are not colonials. That was part of
:15:27. > :15:31.a wide-ranging interview in the Irish News, one comment, and given
:15:32. > :15:35.she comes from Hong Kong and was perhaps drawing a parallel which
:15:36. > :15:39.made sense for her, you seem to be suggesting that was a green light
:15:40. > :15:46.for people to abuse in the way they have. There can be no green light to
:15:47. > :15:50.racially abused anyone but all I am saying is that in a situation
:15:51. > :15:55.whereby people who have lived here for hundreds of years, suffered at
:15:56. > :15:58.the hands of the IRA because of their ethnicity, to be called
:15:59. > :16:05.colonials by the Alliance Party was hurtful. The other thing I
:16:06. > :16:11.detect... So she should apologise for that? The Alliance Party should
:16:12. > :16:18.apologise for calling people who have lived here for hundreds of
:16:19. > :16:24.years colonials. That is giving a reason to militant Irish republicans
:16:25. > :16:29.to kill Protestants on the border. I am not sure who has been living here
:16:30. > :16:34.for hundreds of years unless we have a lot of centenary is around. Anna
:16:35. > :16:38.has lived in Northern Ireland for longer than half of the population.
:16:39. > :16:43.She is as much Northern Irish as anyone else. In the article she does
:16:44. > :16:49.not say the word colonials. Henry's party have been demonising Romanians
:16:50. > :16:57.and McGarry and is and on Saturday there is another rally. David
:16:58. > :16:59.McNarry said the Alliance Party, the entirety of the Alliance Party and
:17:00. > :17:04.their voters did not belong in Northern Ireland. That is a quad eye
:17:05. > :17:11.fascist comment that he should be ashamed of. The attitude of UKIP and
:17:12. > :17:16.fellow travellers in Northern -- in politics across the UK is setting an
:17:17. > :17:23.environment that is creating hostility to people based on their
:17:24. > :17:33.race. Can I move on. Harold Good, language clearly matters. Clearly,
:17:34. > :17:38.and I and others will welcome Peter Robinson's statement today. Some
:17:39. > :17:44.people think it will not be far enough for some, others see it as a
:17:45. > :17:48.sign of weakness. It is a sign of strength when someone can reflect on
:17:49. > :17:53.what they have said and come back and explain. Do you think it is
:17:54. > :18:00.unfortunate that the sincere apology, as it was described, took
:18:01. > :18:05.place behind closed doors? I think the community needs an apology.
:18:06. > :18:10.There have been so many things said in the last few days by so many
:18:11. > :18:13.different people, I would hope that we will all sit back and reflect on
:18:14. > :18:18.what has been said and that there will be more than one apology. I
:18:19. > :18:24.hope Pastor McConnell will reflect and we will hear from him in a day
:18:25. > :18:30.or two. The power of a word, we all need to mind our language,
:18:31. > :18:34.especially people in leadership in church or state or any other area of
:18:35. > :18:40.influence they need to mind our language. Pastor McConnell knows the
:18:41. > :18:45.good book and I would just ask him to take a moment tonight to read the
:18:46. > :18:53.pistol of James, chapter three, where he talks about the time being
:18:54. > :18:57.like a spark -- the time being like a spark back in light a forest fire.
:18:58. > :19:01.One word can light a forest fire and we need to be desperately aware of
:19:02. > :19:08.the potential for damage. Look at what happened when the pastor in
:19:09. > :19:13.Florida spoke and then followed it by burning the Koran. Look at the
:19:14. > :19:19.impact around the world of that particular event. Just from a word
:19:20. > :19:27.or a couple of words. We need to be very mindful of what either positive
:19:28. > :19:31.or negative destructive or constructive powers of a word, we
:19:32. > :19:38.have seen a lot of destructive words this week. Quintin Oliver, Anna Lo
:19:39. > :19:42.has pointed out she is not quitting politics because racist thugs have
:19:43. > :19:45.driven her red, but she is making no secret of the fact she is
:19:46. > :19:53.disillusioned with politics. Could you blame her? No, and you feel for
:19:54. > :19:58.her. We see here the politics of religion, race and gender very much
:19:59. > :20:02.applying, so we need to go back to some of those processes we have
:20:03. > :20:07.reached accommodation in our political progress. Nothing is
:20:08. > :20:12.perfect but we have made progress and need to go back and discuss some
:20:13. > :20:17.of the issues that were not properly dealt with and that is why it is so
:20:18. > :20:22.tragic that the Haass talks ended it is so tragic that the Haass talks
:20:23. > :20:29.ended in you have accompanied politicians from here to Islamic
:20:30. > :20:33.countries to hold talks and discussions and to act in some kind
:20:34. > :20:40.of ambassadorial role for Northern Ireland and to look at issues that
:20:41. > :20:46.appear intractable there. How will this situation play out in some of
:20:47. > :20:48.these countries? The power of dealing with conflict is made
:20:49. > :20:54.greater by those who have been through it themselves. It is their
:20:55. > :20:59.authenticity and you see the emotion of Anna Lo on the screen. The
:21:00. > :21:02.authenticity of that experience can help others and we should redouble
:21:03. > :21:08.our efforts because I have seen politicians, including the DUP ones,
:21:09. > :21:13.never put a foot wrong abroad because they are ambassadors, they
:21:14. > :21:16.are thinking and working together and that must have a strengthening
:21:17. > :21:21.impact for when they come back here and sit around a table so maybe we
:21:22. > :21:25.should do more of it. Has there been a failure here to properly to mimic
:21:26. > :21:31.it on the part of political leaders met here in Northern Ireland?
:21:32. > :21:37.Clearly, it has been disastrous. As the late my and Toulouse said, it is
:21:38. > :21:42.not what you said or did, it is how it was felt, and how the last 48
:21:43. > :21:46.hours have been felt will take a long time to reverse, and I might
:21:47. > :21:53.say to Henry, the damage of what he just said, Anna Lo is hurting
:21:54. > :22:01.through racism she experienced daily to say someone she had contributed
:22:02. > :22:04.to it that but to qualify, the point is that you feel the need to sake
:22:05. > :22:13.she brought it upon herself by what she said all stop so she is at least
:22:14. > :22:19.partly to blame? I have said that racism and attacks of that nature
:22:20. > :22:25.are disgraceful but Anna has to understand that Mike I did not speak
:22:26. > :22:30.over you. Anna has to understand that if you refer to people in your
:22:31. > :22:35.community that you have worked on and gain their respect, she turned
:22:36. > :22:41.around and referred to them as a colony of colonials. Did that undo
:22:42. > :22:49.all the good? It hurt a lot of people. In the way she has been
:22:50. > :22:54.hurt? Seriously? That is quite Anna should have known the consequences.
:22:55. > :23:00.I also want to ask you about Muslims. The other thing, Mark, is
:23:01. > :23:09.your profession of journalism. Stephen Nolan isn't here. The BBC
:23:10. > :23:13.and Nolan have generated this issue, caused division within community 's
:23:14. > :23:17.and hype up the situation. Stephen was drooling at the prospect of this
:23:18. > :23:26.becoming an al-Jazeera. That is not acceptable. Stephen Farry, final
:23:27. > :23:30.word. Blaming the victim. Why in Northern Ireland's do we always have
:23:31. > :23:35.to do condemnations followed by a Bath? This is wrong, setting the
:23:36. > :23:43.environment of racial attacks is wrong and we need to say so that
:23:44. > :23:47.Mike Bath. -- bot. Thank you, for joining us on the programme tonight.
:23:48. > :23:50.Now, among the other things Peter Robinson has had to think
:23:51. > :23:54.about this week is what the election results mean for the strengths
:23:55. > :23:59.There are just 44 weeks until the next election -
:24:00. > :24:02.the general election - but the pundits are still trying to
:24:03. > :24:05.figure out what the outcome of the past week says about the prospects
:24:06. > :24:08.Martina Purdy has been investigating.
:24:09. > :24:10.Just a warning that there is some flash photography.
:24:11. > :24:16.Those who are tempted to do another sordid deal, keep looking over your
:24:17. > :24:24.shoulder because they unionist group behind you is growing. By tens of
:24:25. > :24:31.thousands. Mr Robinson, we are on your case! Did you be isn't the
:24:32. > :24:38.dominant voice of unionism but it is a dominant voice to be recognised --
:24:39. > :24:43.did you be. So what is the impact on decision-making at Stormont? Pass
:24:44. > :25:00.back the TUV. In the longer term it will have
:25:01. > :25:06.implications for power-sharing, passing any legislation. We will
:25:07. > :25:11.have further arguments about flags, parades, welfare reform. I would
:25:12. > :25:15.expect Peter Robinson will block any thing at the Executive that will
:25:16. > :25:20.look like a compromise so the entire Haass and gender is on ice. There is
:25:21. > :25:23.a double deadlock at the Executive because the DUP will not want to do
:25:24. > :25:29.anything we the the Stormont elections and simpering would not
:25:30. > :25:33.want to sully its left-wing brand until the next Irish general
:25:34. > :25:37.election but one, five or six years away, so both parties will take an
:25:38. > :25:41.agenda of doing nothing. That could leave Peter Robinson trapped at
:25:42. > :25:47.Stormont and with him Martin McGuinness, the Deputy First
:25:48. > :25:53.Minister. Such paralysis further underlines Stormont's power-sharing.
:25:54. > :25:59.This TUV council candidate did not get elected but working colleagues
:26:00. > :26:05.did. He once followed a young Ian Paisley but now claims the TUV will
:26:06. > :26:11.grow with his enchantments. There will be less support for the DUP, a
:26:12. > :26:15.slight increase in support for the Ulster Unionists, and increased
:26:16. > :26:22.support for the TUV and other independents. Ulster Unionists
:26:23. > :26:27.cheered to a dip of their vote in Europe, buoyed by a bounce in the
:26:28. > :26:33.council poll. This young woman was elected along with a party colleague
:26:34. > :26:40.in East Antrim Council. It was a real shock to opal a sitting DUP and
:26:41. > :26:46.Alliance councillor. The DUP has endured losses to unionist rivals
:26:47. > :26:50.but it is still top of the pile. It seems from the election that the
:26:51. > :26:55.DUP's vote stood firm in the face of people from the left or right or
:26:56. > :27:01.coming at us. We came out as the largest party in local government
:27:02. > :27:07.with significantly more councillors than any other party and we
:27:08. > :27:13.increased our vote in Europe. Peter Robinson left the election count
:27:14. > :27:16.still firmly in the driving seat of unionism but it may take some time
:27:17. > :27:21.for him to figure out which direction he should go next. David
:27:22. > :27:26.Trimble sacrificed himself and his party to do what was right for the
:27:27. > :27:29.country. I don't think Peter Robinson has the courage to do that.
:27:30. > :27:37.Do you think he will move to the right? I think so. Parallels with
:27:38. > :27:40.David Trimble who faced opposition from unionist rivals as he sought
:27:41. > :27:47.compromise are certainly being drawn. The UUP will try to do and
:27:48. > :27:53.Ian Paisley on the DUP and the DUP knows the way to head that off is to
:27:54. > :27:57.shift to the right. With the SDLP looking weaker than ever, Sinn Fein
:27:58. > :28:05.urged from elections north and south stronger than ever. At the minute
:28:06. > :28:11.Unionists are playing right into Sinn Fein's hands. Sinn Fein is
:28:12. > :28:13.poised to make gains in Ireland and critics claim Martin McGuinness
:28:14. > :28:18.cannot act unless it suits the interest of the Dublin -based
:28:19. > :28:21.leadership. They may wish to return to negotiations in Northern Ireland
:28:22. > :28:29.as government ministers. Whatever happens, just cannot ignore Ridout
:28:30. > :28:35.says. Whoever leads Unison will have to work which in pain. That argument
:28:36. > :28:41.drives the DUP forward, fuelled by arguments it is best placed to unify
:28:42. > :28:45.unionism and secure the First Minister's post against Sinn Fein in
:28:46. > :28:51.2016. Pundits do not agree what these polls mean for it to you --
:28:52. > :28:58.TUV fortunes. These votes will split of, and if dynamic is to the right,
:28:59. > :29:03.it will be to the TUV. This suggestion is that Jim Allister's
:29:04. > :29:09.votes will not add up to Assembly votes next time. Last time Jim
:29:10. > :29:13.Allister was triumphant in the European election and told the DUP
:29:14. > :29:19.they were losing seats and he said those seats would tumble down. Only
:29:20. > :29:25.one seat tumble down. It is not just the Assembly poll. Next year the DUP
:29:26. > :29:30.has to defend seats at Westminster and it is aiming to win back East
:29:31. > :29:34.Belfast from Alliance. Unionist leaders are always looking over
:29:35. > :29:37.their shoulder because the danger is they could be outmanoeuvred and they
:29:38. > :29:43.can find themselves in a position where someone is being a better unit
:29:44. > :29:44.than them and that can drive votes. Hard to drive board when looking
:29:45. > :29:51.over your shoulder. Let's hear the thoughts
:29:52. > :29:55.of tonight's guest pundits, and it's all change in Commentators'
:29:56. > :30:17.Corner as we welcome Dr Orna Young Within a matter of moments we are
:30:18. > :30:32.back to the issue of us and them. How can we have a shared space
:30:33. > :30:39.document? In that interview Anna Lo talked about there being a colonial
:30:40. > :30:43.dimensional to the situation in Northern Ireland. She did not single
:30:44. > :30:53.out groups of individuals and called them colonial. She did not.
:30:54. > :31:08.Tonight's comments were derogative a of her experience and her views.
:31:09. > :31:12.There is a derogative rate narrative emerging around ethnic minorities
:31:13. > :31:18.more generally. Stephen Farry is clearly very annoyed and he said
:31:19. > :31:24.that. Henry Reilly said he condemns racist attacks and attacks against
:31:25. > :31:35.Anna Lo. He also got 24,000 votes last week. The reality is that there
:31:36. > :31:37.are people from different ethnic backgrounds who have come to
:31:38. > :31:44.Northern Ireland, the vast majority of them to stay and work for a few
:31:45. > :31:48.years and then go back home again. It is almost like a casual racism
:31:49. > :31:55.that has crept into the body politic in Northern Ireland. Peter Robinson
:31:56. > :32:01.is the leader of unionism in Northern Ireland. His primary role
:32:02. > :32:06.is to promote the values of a multicultural society. He makes
:32:07. > :32:12.people feel that they are not quite part of the country and that is
:32:13. > :32:17.dangerous. If we look at it in terms of those that voted for him actually
:32:18. > :32:26.agree with him, that his even more frightening. It is coming out of a
:32:27. > :32:31.period where the racial equality strategy has not been great. There
:32:32. > :32:39.is not a dedicated mosque for people living here. There are a number of
:32:40. > :32:43.factors feeding into this. It is hard to put your finger on what
:32:44. > :32:48.casual racism is. Look at the people that voted for Henry Reilly. You
:32:49. > :32:53.have no idea how many of them voted on the issue of immigration, or
:32:54. > :33:02.where they stand in regard to casual racism. Many of the people that back
:33:03. > :33:08.UKIP want out of the European Union and they use words like foreigners.
:33:09. > :33:13.It is casual language. When you bring that over to Northern Ireland,
:33:14. > :33:26.we already have problems with us and them. How big a problem is this for
:33:27. > :33:33.Peter Robinson? He is in a big pickle with those who are not voting
:33:34. > :33:41.for him. But there is not much problem for him. There is a reason
:33:42. > :33:51.that he is agreeing with partner McConnell. Bear in mind Peter
:33:52. > :33:52.Robinson is not standing for election at any future time in
:33:53. > :33:58.Northern Ireland. There's no Sunday Politics this
:33:59. > :34:01.week, so join me again for Stormont Today on Monday night
:34:02. > :34:04.at 11:20pm on BBC TWO. Until then, from everyone
:34:05. > :34:28.in the team, bye-bye. The common denominator
:34:29. > :34:34.across my programmes is connection, And over a decade
:34:35. > :34:38.with BBC Northern Ireland, the one constant to cross
:34:39. > :34:41.all Stephen Nolan's programmes I'm always flattered when someone
:34:42. > :34:46.opens up to me, cos that means they trust me and that's what's
:34:47. > :34:50.important to me as a broadcaster.