:00:00. > :00:00.we're heading back to the polling booths.
:00:00. > :00:10.To help you decide, we've invited the leaders of the larger parties
:00:11. > :00:14.to a debate in front of a studio audience.
:00:15. > :00:19.BBC Election 2017, the Northern Ireland Leaders' Debate.
:00:20. > :00:45.Tuesday, at 9pm on BBC ONE Northern Ireland.
:00:46. > :00:51.Who's been making the best pitch to the people of South Belfast?
:00:52. > :00:53.With just one week to go to polling day, we've come
:00:54. > :01:20.The traders at St George's have very kindly made way for us tonight,
:01:21. > :01:22.just a few hours before it all swings into action
:01:23. > :01:29.This is shaping up to be a very tight fight in South Belfast.
:01:30. > :01:34.Two years ago, the then SDLP leader, Alasdair McDonnell, scraped home
:01:35. > :01:38.with the smallest share of the vote ever in a Westminster election.
:01:39. > :01:41.He's back in the fray this time, facing several opponents who say
:01:42. > :01:42.they're confident they can unseat him this time.
:01:43. > :01:48.On this specially extended edition of the programme,
:01:49. > :01:50.we're welcoming six of the candidates who will
:01:51. > :01:52.be setting out their stalls for us tonight.
:01:53. > :01:55.So, joining me tonight from the SDLP is Alasdair McDonnell,
:01:56. > :01:57.Paula Bradshaw is the candidate for the Alliance Party,
:01:58. > :02:00.Mairtin O Muilleoir is standing for Sinn Fein and also joining us
:02:01. > :02:04.We also have the DUP's candidate, Emma Little Pengelly,
:02:05. > :02:07.and the Ulster Unionists' Michael Henderson.
:02:08. > :02:16.There's a full list of candidates on the BBC New NI website.
:02:17. > :02:28.We have a range of questions to put to the candidates tonight,
:02:29. > :02:30.questions which we think represent some of the key areas of debate
:02:31. > :02:34.in South Belfast and which resonate right across Northern Ireland.
:02:35. > :02:37.And to get things going, our first question comes from Cathal McCall,
:02:38. > :02:39.a Professor of European Politics at Queen's University.
:02:40. > :02:54.Do calls for a referendum on a reunite -- united Ireland once the
:02:55. > :03:00.Brexit negotiators have concluded not risk exacerbating division
:03:01. > :03:06.between Unionism and nationalism. I don't think so, in fact increase in
:03:07. > :03:10.the since the June 23 referendum I've met people from across the
:03:11. > :03:15.constituency of South Belfast who say we're going to have to sort out
:03:16. > :03:23.how we live together on this island, reconcile people in a united
:03:24. > :03:30.Ireland. But we really need to have a -- and adult conversation about
:03:31. > :03:37.the benefits. I will argue about the benefits to our community, but it
:03:38. > :03:41.has to be done in a discerning, sensitive fashion because the common
:03:42. > :03:47.ground in Belfast, and this market is a great example of how the common
:03:48. > :03:52.ground has expanded in Belfast, let's make sure that when we have
:03:53. > :03:57.the unity referendum, let's make sure the choice is between being
:03:58. > :04:05.part of the EU and being part of an isolated so-called United Kingdom.
:04:06. > :04:09.Alasdair, your participants to have shifted on this. It is now being
:04:10. > :04:14.talked about a lot under the leadership of: Eastwood. It
:04:15. > :04:22.shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that a nationalist party has an
:04:23. > :04:28.interest in a united Ireland. The change now is that the Brexit vote
:04:29. > :04:32.of one year ago has totally created a flux in our politics here and
:04:33. > :04:39.created a frail pall of all sorts of interest, -- if whirlpool. And it
:04:40. > :04:45.will have to be faced down the road at some point. It's not going to
:04:46. > :04:51.play very well with your potential voters in South Belfast, is it? We
:04:52. > :04:57.are not in here to play games or create posers just for the sake of
:04:58. > :05:01.it. We are in this to do with the challenge of Brexit. Brexit has
:05:02. > :05:05.thrust us into a difficult space, because we had stability here for
:05:06. > :05:09.the last 19 years of a sort but allowed us to make some degree of
:05:10. > :05:15.progress, the Good Friday Agreement is effectively seriously undermined
:05:16. > :05:19.and threatened by the decision to leave Europe, and that creates a
:05:20. > :05:23.whole flux. I am meeting people on the doorstep who would not normally
:05:24. > :05:28.be still be supporters or nationalists, who are saying we are
:05:29. > :05:33.going to have to look to Dublin, and work with Dublin in terms of taking
:05:34. > :05:39.ourselves forward. So there is an issue there, and it will be an
:05:40. > :05:43.ongoing issue because the situation has been destabilised, and will
:05:44. > :05:50.remain destabilised until we get it sorted out and destabilised again.
:05:51. > :05:56.Title-macro, you are a supporter of Brexit, look at what has come with
:05:57. > :06:02.it. -- Emma Pengelly. It would create further instability at a time
:06:03. > :06:06.when there is much going on in terms of the Brexit issue. I'm here today
:06:07. > :06:11.to say to everybody across South Belfast but I will fight for the
:06:12. > :06:15.best possible deal for South Belfast, Northern Ireland and the UK
:06:16. > :06:20.in those discussions. There will of course be uncertainty and challenges
:06:21. > :06:25.with that, but we need to take -- get the best possible deal. The last
:06:26. > :06:36.thing we need here is that type of referendum, and the last thing the
:06:37. > :06:39.UK needs in Scotland is the same thing. We need to work hard for
:06:40. > :06:42.people and get the best deal for South Belfast, Northern Ireland and
:06:43. > :06:45.the United Kingdom in this. Let's go back to our questionnaire, what do
:06:46. > :06:52.you think of the way this issue is now shipping the debate. I think it
:06:53. > :07:00.is moving away from an immediate pressing concern, which is the -- a
:07:01. > :07:05.soft Irish border. We already see the political divisions in the
:07:06. > :07:08.answers so far. Alasdair talks about this issue of Irish unification
:07:09. > :07:15.having to be addressed further down the road. We have something right in
:07:16. > :07:17.front of us on the road, the forthcoming Brexit negotiations,
:07:18. > :07:21.whereby the political parties here need to be speaking with one voice
:07:22. > :07:28.in order to lobby those involved in those negotiations and attempt to
:07:29. > :07:32.preserve our open soft border. Livelihoods are at stake here, and
:07:33. > :07:37.lifestyle that people have enjoyed for over two decades are also at
:07:38. > :07:44.risk. And it is a very complicated issue, Brexit. Are you concerned
:07:45. > :07:49.that this has opened a whole can of worms, and it risks turning us back
:07:50. > :07:54.to the old debate about orange and green? I'm afraid it does, and I go
:07:55. > :08:00.back to my point but we are facing a really critical number of months
:08:01. > :08:03.ahead with these Brexit negotiations. If our political
:08:04. > :08:08.leaders could speak with one voice on a number of issues and come up
:08:09. > :08:14.with innovative and imaginative solutions that all agree on, surely
:08:15. > :08:19.that would be listened to by all sides in this negotiation in
:08:20. > :08:25.Brussels. How do we speak with one voice with those who wish to drag us
:08:26. > :08:29.out of Europe against our stated intentions, 56% voted to stay, had a
:08:30. > :08:33.respect for those who said in a BBC studio that they do not care about
:08:34. > :08:39.the ramifications in terms of jobs? I will stand with everyone who wants
:08:40. > :08:43.to defend jobs, the community, the peace process, make sure the funding
:08:44. > :08:49.continues to flow, but it is not possible to speak with one voice
:08:50. > :08:55.with David Davis or those who want a reckless Brexit. I am not
:08:56. > :08:59.particularly concerned about David Davis at this point of time given
:09:00. > :09:05.that the EU commissioner leading Brexit has actually visited the
:09:06. > :09:09.Irish border, I don't believe David Davis has been anywhere near it.
:09:10. > :09:15.What I am asking for its political leaders here to come up with some
:09:16. > :09:25.sort of consensus for how to address particular issues. Your party's
:09:26. > :09:31.clear you don't take a border poll is helpful. Yes, I think it is
:09:32. > :09:35.shameful this has been brought into the argument. This is not about the
:09:36. > :09:39.politics of the past, the politics of fear, sectarian headcount winner
:09:40. > :09:44.to decouple the Brexit issue from the border issue in Northern
:09:45. > :09:47.Ireland. We have got so much work to do, this is not about sweeping
:09:48. > :09:54.statements, this is about cool heads, building relationships. I
:09:55. > :10:01.don't believe I would dispute what Mairtin says, I don't believe all 18
:10:02. > :10:06.MPs will not be looking for the best deal and trying to safeguard jobs
:10:07. > :10:11.and ensuring a free flow of labour. There is an opportunity for all 18
:10:12. > :10:16.MPs to work together, because 18 out of 650 is not a great number, but
:10:17. > :10:23.one out of six and 50 is even smaller. Wind to -- 650. We need to
:10:24. > :10:28.decouple it from the green and orange, that has held this country
:10:29. > :10:36.back for too long, and the next five years are two vital for us to keep
:10:37. > :10:40.squabbling over these issues. Michael Henderson, your party leader
:10:41. > :10:47.said this is a back door to a Ireland. We are in a constituency
:10:48. > :10:57.where 70% of the people voted to remain in the European Union. As
:10:58. > :11:06.Robin says, we took this photo, it was a UK-based referendum. -- this
:11:07. > :11:10.vote. Are you happy we are living? I am personally happy that we need to
:11:11. > :11:17.negotiate contracts and work together for the best deal for
:11:18. > :11:25.Northern Ireland. But are you put a happy yes, we need to know... You
:11:26. > :11:32.were pro-Brexit? I was. Because your party's position was pro-remain.
:11:33. > :11:36.Yes, but we need to work together to get the best deal for the United
:11:37. > :11:37.Kingdom in these negotiations. As for the border poll, it is laid out
:11:38. > :12:10.quite clear back were we should be doing
:12:11. > :12:18.is looking at what we can do for MPs to give the best deal for Northern
:12:19. > :12:23.Ireland for us going forward. If unionists are so confident, what a
:12:24. > :12:26.you afraid of a referendum? Won the best deal for Northern Ireland was
:12:27. > :12:30.to stay in Europe and reform Europe. We cannot argue about the best deal
:12:31. > :12:36.if we are good to take it off the table. We have to work, and a lot of
:12:37. > :12:41.people are making comments here, I think quite simply we've got to get
:12:42. > :12:46.on with it. The talk is cheap until you have to do some work, and we
:12:47. > :12:51.must work together, there is a gap at Stormont, we have to get Stormont
:12:52. > :12:54.back in place, get the Executive up and running again. Scotland had an
:12:55. > :12:57.arrangement to deal with Europe within a couple of weeks of the
:12:58. > :13:08.referendum, we also had an arrangement, we are still sitting...
:13:09. > :13:11.A few of us, a number of people at Queens and a number of others from
:13:12. > :13:14.political and business life are struggling around at the moment
:13:15. > :13:18.trying to define a vision for Northern Ireland. And that will be
:13:19. > :13:21.essential, Northern Ireland, people around this table are going to have
:13:22. > :13:30.to work together even if they disagree. I want to bring in a tax
:13:31. > :13:35.accountant whose offices are just around the corner from here.
:13:36. > :13:40.Lorraine, is it the case that the advice you are giving to your
:13:41. > :13:44.clients is that whether they like Brexit or not, they've got to get on
:13:45. > :13:46.and make the best of it in the circumstances and look for
:13:47. > :13:50.opportunities where they may present themselves? Where advising
:13:51. > :13:54.businesses they need to evaluate their supply chains, where they are
:13:55. > :14:00.exporting and importing from. Whenever we come out of the EU,
:14:01. > :14:05.where is the best marketplace going to be? What are the tariffs and
:14:06. > :14:10.custom duties going to be? How would you sum up, Lorraine, the mood of
:14:11. > :14:16.the business representatives you're talking to? Are they fairly gung ho
:14:17. > :14:23.about the possibilities that my lie ahead even if they will remain as
:14:24. > :14:31.last June or is there a sense of depression that the opportunities
:14:32. > :14:34.may not be there? I think it is probably the frustration and
:14:35. > :14:39.uncertainty of the tour because we don't know where were going to be.
:14:40. > :14:44.With the politicians? Yes, as well because at the minute we don't have
:14:45. > :14:50.a voice at Westminster in relation to negotiations. And it isn't one
:14:51. > :14:57.voice for Northern Ireland, going back to a few statements be but have
:14:58. > :15:00.said already. Businesses, at the minute there is a lot of growth in
:15:01. > :15:06.Belfast but those things don't happen overnight. It takes two or
:15:07. > :15:12.three years to plan big investments so it'll be two or three years down
:15:13. > :15:20.the line before the lack of investment. Claire Bailey, what is
:15:21. > :15:24.the Green Party's position on a border poll? We don't think it is a
:15:25. > :15:28.positive element to be thrown in right now and the only referendum we
:15:29. > :15:32.should be focusing on is the referendum for the people on the
:15:33. > :15:37.final deal that is represented on Brexit negotiations. What we are
:15:38. > :15:42.missing in Northern Ireland in this process is a voice speaking up on
:15:43. > :15:48.our behalf. That won't be a single voice from any MP that is elected on
:15:49. > :15:52.June the 8th. The imperative now is to have a functioning executive up
:15:53. > :15:56.and running. We need the institutions functioning again and
:15:57. > :16:01.we need somebody at the table in the negotiations fighting for our corner
:16:02. > :16:05.because I don't think even a UK wide deal will suffice because Northern
:16:06. > :16:09.Ireland does have special circumstances. It does have
:16:10. > :16:14.particular instances that need to be focused on as well and we need
:16:15. > :16:18.somebody at the table fighting our corner, making sure Theresa May and
:16:19. > :16:21.David Davis know what the impact of any negotiations and anything there
:16:22. > :16:27.thinking about on us in Northern Ireland. That is where it needs to
:16:28. > :16:32.be, the focus, instead of stirring up fear and anxiety. We already have
:16:33. > :16:36.an identity crisis, we shouldn't add to it, we should be making people
:16:37. > :16:40.feel secure and putting a referendum on the final deal for the people to
:16:41. > :16:48.have their final say. OK, there's a chap in the blue shirt who wants to
:16:49. > :16:56.make a comment. Add can we trust you to deliver a vote when you can't
:16:57. > :17:04.deliver a functioning and executive quiz White do you know how you're
:17:05. > :17:13.going to vote on June the 8th? Yes. -- no. How can you prove the
:17:14. > :17:16.politics of the DUP works? It is imperative we have a functioning
:17:17. > :17:23.executives. The DUP has said they have no redlines. I've knocked on
:17:24. > :17:27.20,000 doors, me and my team, so far and the clear message from people on
:17:28. > :17:31.the ground is get back to work, get back into Stormont because the
:17:32. > :17:35.issues that matter to us, issues like education, health, the economy,
:17:36. > :17:39.these things are suffering. It is partly awful in the DUP we don't
:17:40. > :17:45.have the devolved institution. We believe very strongly pulling down
:17:46. > :17:48.the institutions was unnecessary at the time. It is a hallmark of a
:17:49. > :17:53.mature government you work through these issues and continue to provide
:17:54. > :17:57.core services for people. That is the mandate we have, that is the
:17:58. > :18:00.responsibility we have. The institutions shouldn't have been
:18:01. > :18:04.pulled down. I'm putting a challenge down to Sinn Fein to drop their
:18:05. > :18:07.redlines, get back to government and deliver for people in terms of
:18:08. > :18:12.health and education because that is what people are telling us they
:18:13. > :18:18.want. We might discuss that later in the programme. Mairtin, howdy
:18:19. > :18:24.persuade people you are deserving of their votes next Thursday? What we
:18:25. > :18:40.say to people who'd ask the question, how can you trust the DUP?
:18:41. > :18:48.The DUP and Sinn Fein. Red sky, it is a DUP scandal. And Sinn Fein. I
:18:49. > :18:52.am going to move on to the second 50% of the question later. I don't
:18:53. > :18:56.know how you trust the DUP because I don't. As you ponder whether or not
:18:57. > :19:01.you contraption fame, firstly they don't have a budget because the
:19:02. > :19:09.institution has collapsed. Our executive collapsed in December.
:19:10. > :19:13.Look at what Martin McGuinness dead. There are people trying to shoot me
:19:14. > :19:18.down and I've been at this along time. Look at what the stance of
:19:19. > :19:22.Martin McGuinness. Was he right to stand up to the arrogance and
:19:23. > :19:27.discrimination of the DUP and to the scandals which have tainted the DUP?
:19:28. > :19:35.I ask, as I do on the doorsteps, what he right? Should he have turned
:19:36. > :19:43.a blind eye to ?80,000 a day being lost? To the synced sectarianism?
:19:44. > :19:49.People are saying no. Martin was right to call time on it, and what
:19:50. > :19:54.was happening was unacceptable. Trust Sinn Fein, I say. The
:19:55. > :20:02.Executive should have known in the first place! We say the DUP have
:20:03. > :20:07.turned their back. Arrogance and disrespect. It was your
:20:08. > :20:11.responsibility to bring forward a budget. I was chair of the Finance
:20:12. > :20:15.committee. The committee asked this man to come along and explain why he
:20:16. > :20:19.wasn't producing a budget before they pull down the Assembly. He
:20:20. > :20:23.refused to come to the committee, he showed contempt for the committee,
:20:24. > :20:29.he wouldn't explain why he wouldn't produce a budget. Because there is
:20:30. > :20:33.no budget, schools are being hit, hospitals are being hit, the health
:20:34. > :20:39.service... I'm hearing on the doors people working in schools and a huge
:20:40. > :20:43.amounts of pressure, you did not produce a budget, your core
:20:44. > :20:50.responsibility at the time. Belfast will give their verdict on you. The
:20:51. > :20:53.reason we have no budget and no executive is the arrogance of the
:20:54. > :21:04.DUP. We have seen more of it tonight and we will stand up to it. Paula
:21:05. > :21:08.Bradshaw. People are saying at the doors that Sinn Fein's slogan about
:21:09. > :21:13.respect and integrity, what about those respect for people lying in
:21:14. > :21:16.hospital beds with no care package? What about special educational needs
:21:17. > :21:26.children who are getting their support cut? What about ?500 million
:21:27. > :21:30.being lost? We had to call it time. You didn't need to bring the
:21:31. > :21:34.Assembly down over it. People will make their decision. Tell you what
:21:35. > :21:41.I'm going to do, let's pause this from Asus -- for a second. I want to
:21:42. > :21:45.bring in column Mackie, the president of the Ulster University
:21:46. > :21:49.students union, making a return appearance on the programme but for
:21:50. > :21:54.a very particular programme. The issue you wanted to tease out really
:21:55. > :21:57.touches on what we've got into a little bit earlier than we were
:21:58. > :22:06.planning to but let's take a point at this stage. I was here before the
:22:07. > :22:09.election and I would ask what was different after the election? Three
:22:10. > :22:14.months on, there's no Assembly so I'd like to ask you as panellists
:22:15. > :22:21.what has changed? What has actually changed three months on? Claire
:22:22. > :22:26.Bailey, what has changed? To a lot of people nothing has changed. An
:22:27. > :22:30.awful lot has changed. We have an executive, parties not getting round
:22:31. > :22:34.the table, and we have Brexit on the table and a lot of the financial
:22:35. > :22:39.woes we were hearing about are largely down to Theresa May and the
:22:40. > :22:43.Tory austerity budget and we still have nobody fighting for investment
:22:44. > :22:49.in Northern Ireland. Politically speaking, we are in a stalemate but
:22:50. > :22:54.I say that as huge change, not good change by anyway or or any stretch
:22:55. > :22:58.of the imagination but the owners needs to be on Westminster and our
:22:59. > :23:03.government bodies from England to be stepping in and helping out, to be
:23:04. > :23:06.standing up to the commitments of the Good Friday Agreement, we need
:23:07. > :23:11.the Secretary of State to walk in, do his duties and help out and we
:23:12. > :23:18.need our finance minister back again. We need our executive back
:23:19. > :23:23.and functioning. We need Northern Ireland's voice heard at Brexit. I
:23:24. > :23:26.think an awful lot has changed in a short space of time. Mairtin O
:23:27. > :23:29.Muilleoir, has a lot changed? He asked the question three months ago
:23:30. > :23:34.and politicians made a lot of promises what was going to change
:23:35. > :23:39.but we didn't get Stormont up and running, the Brexit negotiations
:23:40. > :23:43.haven't advanced. Any change there is is a change for the worse and it
:23:44. > :23:48.won't be solved by are squabbling here. I you embarrassed as a
:23:49. > :23:54.politician? I am somewhat embarrassed. Fortunately, for to
:23:55. > :24:00.have a reason, I haven't been in the Assembly and I can't do much about
:24:01. > :24:03.it rather than -- other than try to alleviate the damage... Plenty of
:24:04. > :24:07.party members in the Assembly. So you're saying they've failed? If
:24:08. > :24:16.you're asking me personally, I'm at Westminster and I try to work and to
:24:17. > :24:18.ensure some of the gaps are filled. Ultimately Westminster has control,
:24:19. > :24:25.has financial control and all the rest. I don't want us to go back to
:24:26. > :24:29.direct rule. I want to see the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast
:24:30. > :24:35.Agreement implemented in full. And we need Mairtin to know that it was
:24:36. > :24:40.his job to create a budget and he cannot duck the issue is on health,
:24:41. > :24:45.on education and all the rest. I've been around schools, as have others.
:24:46. > :24:50.Why weren't they in the Executive and doing things in the Executive?
:24:51. > :24:57.Don't interrupt me, I didn't interrupt you. The point is he was
:24:58. > :25:00.paid a salary as Minister for Finance, he was in a pivotal
:25:01. > :25:04.position and he failed. He didn't deliver the budget and as a result
:25:05. > :25:08.we have a situation now where the schools are suffering, the health
:25:09. > :25:13.service is suffering and the whole thing is crumbling. Quite honestly,
:25:14. > :25:24.we have to allow our politics to mature. You've accused of failing,
:25:25. > :25:27.let him answer. People have to take responsibility. If you become
:25:28. > :25:32.finance minister, you have to behave like the finance ministers. There
:25:33. > :25:37.must be an election coming up, Mark, because that was a great speech. The
:25:38. > :25:44.SDLP withdrew from the Executive. Which they were perfectly entitled
:25:45. > :25:48.to do. We continued our work. I went to Brussels tries to address 27
:25:49. > :25:53.ministers. You didn't deliver the budget. Because the government
:25:54. > :26:00.collapsed which is because the SDLP didn't stand up to the DUP. They
:26:01. > :26:07.wouldn't take the battle for equality... Or because of Martin
:26:08. > :26:11.McGuinness? Martin McGuinness expose the scandal. We have seen the
:26:12. > :26:23.arrogance today, the comments of Arlene Foster, Arlene Foster
:26:24. > :26:27.providing cover for others. If they want a government and we want a
:26:28. > :26:31.government dearly and deeply, but you can't have that without respect
:26:32. > :26:36.for everyone and the failure of the DP to provide that respect, shown
:26:37. > :26:41.again in the Brexit vote they took, dark money that they were paid to
:26:42. > :26:45.support Brexit, the rest of us are paying the price. They say they did
:26:46. > :26:50.it within the rules, they've been more than transparent, that is the
:26:51. > :26:57.party's position. Why stand of Martin McGuinness' decision? When
:26:58. > :27:05.the young man says what has changed, we've been back three steps when we
:27:06. > :27:12.know there will never be an Irish language act. Arlene Foster went to
:27:13. > :27:18.the funeral of Martin McGuinness, but then she met... I don't think it
:27:19. > :27:23.was a secret meeting, it was a public meeting. Let's hear from Emma
:27:24. > :27:31.Little Pengelly. I think the panel you've heard from here, the reality
:27:32. > :27:34.of it is that in terms of the diversity of the constituency of
:27:35. > :27:37.South Belfast, but of this is about getting along despite not getting
:27:38. > :27:42.along with each other. What we've heard from Mairtin is he gets along
:27:43. > :27:46.with people who agree with him and he's shown contempt and a lack of
:27:47. > :27:49.respect for those who disagree with him and I genuinely think this
:27:50. > :27:55.constituency needs a unifying force, we need to work together, we need to
:27:56. > :27:59.represent people regardless of their position... Do you think you can
:28:00. > :28:04.represent those people in Belfast? Absolutely. That is the very
:28:05. > :28:09.definition of diversity. It is about people disagreeing but getting
:28:10. > :28:13.along. What would you say for those people who would vote for Mairtin O
:28:14. > :28:18.Muilleoir? I'd talk about the bright side of the road. But he excluded
:28:19. > :28:23.the DUP and Ulster University. The only people on the bright side of
:28:24. > :28:26.the road for Mairtin are people who agree with him. On my bright side of
:28:27. > :28:39.the road, it is diversity right across. Except if you want to get
:28:40. > :28:48.married and you are gay. We are not going to agree with diversity. Are
:28:49. > :28:55.you on the bright side of the road, Michael Henderson? What has changed
:28:56. > :29:07.is the 257,000 outpatients that there were months ago. If anything
:29:08. > :29:20.has changed, it has changed for the worse. It has been at a standstill,
:29:21. > :29:23.schools have lost funding. We, like the other parties, are trying to get
:29:24. > :29:32.it up and running. The two main parties will not agree, and
:29:33. > :29:37.fortunately, -- unfortunately. If you ask any of the other parties, I
:29:38. > :29:42.think they would be in there tomorrow. Education funding is
:29:43. > :29:48.suffering. The education authority have said they have not received any
:29:49. > :29:53.funding difference, they have received the same money, yet they
:29:54. > :29:59.have is just strange the structure -- change the structure of how they
:30:00. > :30:04.are allocating those funds. They were promised a million of extra
:30:05. > :30:13.funding and they never got it. Why our schools suffering of the money
:30:14. > :30:17.is still the same? Paula? I think it was unfortunately -- that the
:30:18. > :30:21.election was called, we were getting down to the details of the Irish
:30:22. > :30:24.language act. Part of the problem was the parties were saying there
:30:25. > :30:29.was no progress being made when there was, and then as soon as the
:30:30. > :30:33.election was called we had to down tools and so very little has
:30:34. > :30:46.happened since then. But I am glad the issue about the UDA was brought
:30:47. > :30:52.up. This I think is your chance to renounce this, and I think if you
:30:53. > :30:55.think you can read last -- and off whole constituency with that as an
:30:56. > :30:58.endorsement the thing you are mistaken. You have been in
:30:59. > :31:03.Government for ten years, there is an up -- and need for a single
:31:04. > :31:07.equality Bill. Why did you not support Alliance last year when
:31:08. > :31:13.recalled for the reform of the petition of concern? These were not
:31:14. > :31:20.issues than? In a crop the campaign for marriage equality... -- the
:31:21. > :31:24.campaign for marriage equality... Different issue, but we stand by
:31:25. > :31:33.equality. We will continue to campaign for equality. I'd like -- I
:31:34. > :31:40.brought to the Executive a proposal to allow me to move forward marriage
:31:41. > :31:45.equality, but the DUP block it. You asked why the blockage, and the
:31:46. > :31:48.blockage is the discriminatory approach of the DUP, the secretary
:31:49. > :31:54.approach, the lack of respect for those who are different. --
:31:55. > :32:07.sectarian approach. MR, I want you to respond particularly to the point
:32:08. > :32:12.made by Paula Bradshaw. -- Emma. I have said this before, I absolutely
:32:13. > :32:16.do not endorse any violence, all murders throughout the conflict and
:32:17. > :32:20.the Troubles were wrong. Paramilitary organisations should
:32:21. > :32:25.not have had any role here, and they should leave. I have been clear on
:32:26. > :32:30.that, Arlene Foster has been clear on that. I worked on the ground with
:32:31. > :32:36.community organisations right across South Belfast. -- I work. And those
:32:37. > :32:39.organisations share the same values and objective of building a better
:32:40. > :32:47.and brighter future for our community. Do you welcome the
:32:48. > :32:53.endorsement... And I know that Paula has worked for those organisations
:32:54. > :32:59.as well. In terms of the... Sorry if I can answer the question, in terms
:33:00. > :33:17.of the UPI J, they have recommended a vote for myself. -- UPRG. I work
:33:18. > :33:23.the fact that the DUP team -- team's hard work, and if you... The people
:33:24. > :33:34.but your leader met on the Tuesday, Christopher style that, has yet to
:33:35. > :33:38.condemn the murder, so it is the price that the ordinary community is
:33:39. > :33:49.paying, and these organisations need to go away, and the price we pay...
:33:50. > :33:56.The UDA needs to go away. He speaks a lot about respect for women, yet
:33:57. > :34:06.he talks over me constantly. Let's hear the DUP... The DUP has clearly
:34:07. > :34:11.called for the UDA to go away. I want to add to the fact that people
:34:12. > :34:17.out there watching this will be appalled at the hypocrisy of
:34:18. > :34:20.Mairtin. I call on him to condemn the IRA bombing of Manchester, and
:34:21. > :34:28.they are acts of violence right across this country that have caused
:34:29. > :34:31.misery to thousands of people. I wasn't sure at what point I would
:34:32. > :34:36.get to mention your father, who when my father was being discriminating
:34:37. > :34:45.-- discriminated against was bringing guns in this country. In a
:34:46. > :34:54.macro can I say, Mairtin, first of all, sorry, if I can speak... I
:34:55. > :34:59.think it's absolutely appalling for Mairtin to say that, because I think
:35:00. > :35:05.when he goes back to his group meeting of the MLAs of Sinn Fein,
:35:06. > :35:11.and he sees people of his party who have committed horrendous crimes,
:35:12. > :35:14.and how would they feel if their children, who had no responsibility
:35:15. > :35:19.for the actions of their colleagues, had to sit and hear abuse like you
:35:20. > :35:24.have given me? It is a lack of respect, and I am going to call you
:35:25. > :35:32.out on that. I am speak -- stating facts. Emma is lecturing me. I have
:35:33. > :35:41.asked you to condemn the IRA bombing of Manchester. I will not
:35:42. > :35:48.apologise... Absolute lack of respect. If MS had any self-respect,
:35:49. > :35:54.she would not try to lecture people about the terrible conflicts we have
:35:55. > :35:58.been through. -- if Emma had any self-respect. I have always
:35:59. > :36:04.condemned Parliamentary violence. I simply asked you to condemn the IRA
:36:05. > :36:12.bombing of Manchester. -- paramilitary violence. Are you any
:36:13. > :36:17.more positive now, three months on? Seemingly the only thing has changed
:36:18. > :36:21.this time. The issues discussed at the last election special of The
:36:22. > :36:26.View, Brexit, the budget, green and orange issues, every candidate
:36:27. > :36:30.promised the best for the people here, and nothing has been
:36:31. > :36:36.delivered. Thank you very much for the question. I want to move another
:36:37. > :36:40.question. Question from Justin Kouame,
:36:41. > :36:41.chair of NI Community What actions would you put in place
:36:42. > :36:46.to make sure that South Belfast remains a harmonious,
:36:47. > :37:06.multicultural society I think my record over the years has
:37:07. > :37:10.been to do just that, to welcome people like yourself and others from
:37:11. > :37:18.across the world, because for too long island -- Irish people
:37:19. > :37:21.emigrated to other places, and I have worked politically and as a GP
:37:22. > :37:26.to facilitate those people, to make them feel welcome, and I think the
:37:27. > :37:29.two things that are very important to people is that they are
:37:30. > :37:34.integrated fully and provided with good health care and education
:37:35. > :37:40.facilities. And I find as I go along and go around some of the schools in
:37:41. > :37:45.Belfast that the education that is provided by some of the schools is
:37:46. > :37:50.excellent, and equally I think we have to ensure that basically is the
:37:51. > :37:54.health service has big long queues developing, but people coming in
:37:55. > :38:01.here, emigrants coming in, are not at the very back of that too. In
:38:02. > :38:07.that way they will feel integrated, and emigrants in my book or equal to
:38:08. > :38:17.any of us. They should have the same support, and the same servicing and
:38:18. > :38:25.opportunities. Claire, what actions would you take it -- put in place? I
:38:26. > :38:29.am proud that South Belfast is so multicultural. I would like to see
:38:30. > :38:35.put in place and funded and helped to get up and off the ground, a
:38:36. > :38:40.multicultural hub, cited in South Belfast. I think the holy lands
:38:41. > :38:44.would be a great place for that, because it is a good meeting place
:38:45. > :38:50.geographically speaking, very close to the University, and I think we
:38:51. > :38:55.should be doing all we can to have that. The reason that a team of
:38:56. > :39:00.happening is to let all our new communities and people coming to
:39:01. > :39:01.know them they are welcome, but they have other people from other
:39:02. > :40:21.countries We need to ensure the ongoing
:40:22. > :40:27.support of the Executive office and I have given a pledge will provide
:40:28. > :40:32.that. OK, Mairtin. We should take a lead from you, just in. You are a
:40:33. > :40:38.beacon of tolerance, an ambassador for the city. You work for others
:40:39. > :40:45.despite having your own issue is not sorted out. Community is ahead of
:40:46. > :40:50.politics. You know that you can go to an African church service on
:40:51. > :40:56.Sunday, a wedding, the end of Ramadan will be celebrated. And what
:40:57. > :41:04.we need to do is take a lead from the churches in Belfast. We need
:41:05. > :41:11.your lead, and we need you to continue to be a beacon of hope for
:41:12. > :41:15.the city. Michael Henderson. I think the council should get more
:41:16. > :41:18.involved, they have the expertise and technology to integrate people
:41:19. > :41:22.within the society and they have been doing that and it is getting
:41:23. > :41:30.more pathways so people actually know how they integrate. People that
:41:31. > :41:36.put into places are excluded. So how do you get to work with the health
:41:37. > :41:41.service and get involved? In Lisburn, we brought 40 families
:41:42. > :41:45.over, we had the PSNI in, the health service, an open morning when they
:41:46. > :41:48.talked, and they were surprised at how people reacted with the police
:41:49. > :41:52.service because some of the countries they come from, it is a
:41:53. > :41:56.completely different way police talk to them and they found it useful.
:41:57. > :42:01.Information packs. It was how you enter schools, get to know who do
:42:02. > :42:05.you ask the questions of and it is important people are made to feel
:42:06. > :42:11.welcome. The church can take a big part in that. I want to bring Justin
:42:12. > :42:17.in. You fled the Ivory Coast in 2009. Were you made to feel welcome
:42:18. > :42:23.as soon as you arrived in Northern Ireland? Do you feel welcome in the
:42:24. > :42:28.community today? Yes, I do. It is extremely important at this moment
:42:29. > :42:33.because south Belfast is unique in terms of Northern Ireland. And when
:42:34. > :42:36.something happens to minority groups, it is very important that
:42:37. > :42:40.politicians show leadership and speech the same language because at
:42:41. > :42:43.the end of the day the reason why the south Belfast election is
:42:44. > :42:50.important is because of the diversity. If politicians pays their
:42:51. > :42:54.hope on getting elected on their own people, it isn't going to happen. So
:42:55. > :43:00.they need to change the language. They need to come out and show a
:43:01. > :43:15.united front. For us, to send a strong message to minorities. I just
:43:16. > :43:20.want to bring in Darko Majanovic. You are a stallholder, you sell fine
:43:21. > :43:28.breads. You came from Croatia over 20 years ago. Yes, 25 years ago. Do
:43:29. > :43:35.you now feel completely integrated into Northern Ireland society? Yes.
:43:36. > :43:42.How long did it take? Well, very quickly because first I found people
:43:43. > :43:48.very friendly here. Very welcoming. And it didn't take me long to feel
:43:49. > :43:56.welcome and at home. And now you are an expert at making bread, you are
:43:57. > :44:00.better at it than we are. Thank you very much. Emma Little Pengelly,
:44:01. > :44:04.your thoughts on this, do you think this is something we can
:44:05. > :44:08.collectively take some pride in? I thank Justin for his question and
:44:09. > :44:10.I've met with yourself and the groups on very many occasions
:44:11. > :44:18.particularly when I worked in the office the first Minister, working
:44:19. > :44:22.on our good relations strategy and also the racial equality strategy
:44:23. > :44:26.and I understand very well from those years the need for not only
:44:27. > :44:32.local representatives to work together in order to tackle hate or
:44:33. > :44:36.discrimination but also to support people who move into South Belfast.
:44:37. > :44:40.And also the legislation and frameworks required to meet needs.
:44:41. > :44:46.I'd say this comes back to the heart of respect and tolerance. That we
:44:47. > :44:49.are all different, we believe different views, we've had different
:44:50. > :44:52.experiences and this is about respecting each other and where
:44:53. > :44:57.we've been and trying to move forward together and focus on
:44:58. > :45:02.building a fantastic, brighter south Belfast. That's what I want to do.
:45:03. > :45:06.Or we won't agree on everything at all times but it is about trying to
:45:07. > :45:10.come together and getting the best possible deal, the best provision
:45:11. > :45:15.for South Belfast. Thank you very much indeed.
:45:16. > :45:16.Question from Ulster University student Hannah Rooney,
:45:17. > :45:19.Do you feel it's time for abortion legislation
:45:20. > :45:39.Is it time for abortion legislation in Northern Ireland to be reformed?
:45:40. > :45:43.Paula Bradshaw. It is time, for me. I believe women should have control
:45:44. > :45:48.over their rain bodies, over reproductive health. It is time we
:45:49. > :45:52.repealed the offences against the Person act that criminalises women.
:45:53. > :45:57.I think it is time we have our own law here. I don't agree the 67 act
:45:58. > :46:03.would be suitable because what it does is it gives the decision-making
:46:04. > :46:07.over to two doctors and the decision should rest with the woman but I
:46:08. > :46:13.understand this is an emotive issue. As legislators, we have to get the
:46:14. > :46:16.balance right between freedom of and freedom from religion. In this case,
:46:17. > :46:21.we need to make sure the legislation is there and it isn't developed in a
:46:22. > :46:27.vacuum but the women who decide who are facing an unplanned pregnancy,
:46:28. > :46:32.but they decide to keep their child, they are given their support. I am
:46:33. > :46:37.not pro-abortion but I am pro-choice and I think if women want to keep
:46:38. > :46:40.their baby then we need to be there to support them. It is long overdue
:46:41. > :46:44.and it is incredibly embarrassing and wrong we should keep women as
:46:45. > :46:50.second-class citizens in this country. South Belfast is generally
:46:51. > :46:54.seen as probably the most socially progressive constituency in Northern
:46:55. > :46:59.Ireland. Alasdair McDonnell, you're opposed to any change in the
:47:00. > :47:04.abortion legislation, even in cases of rape, incest and feudal
:47:05. > :47:08.abnormality. Are you not out of step with SDLP voters in this
:47:09. > :47:14.constituency? I can only make my own assessment. The SDLP is a pro-life
:47:15. > :47:21.party and I think it defines itself. There is a working group operating
:47:22. > :47:25.on the feudal abnormality is. We know it is reported to ministers. It
:47:26. > :47:30.hasn't published its report by the BBC has seen the report and the BBC
:47:31. > :47:35.has reported that expert working group set up to look into the fatal
:47:36. > :47:41.feudal abnormality issue is recommending legislative change. The
:47:42. > :47:46.point is this - it is a sensitive situation, and I have dealt all my
:47:47. > :47:51.life as a GP, I spent 30 years as a GP, dealing with women with
:47:52. > :47:55.difficult pregnancies, with problem pregnancies, and fatal faecal
:47:56. > :47:58.abnormalities. Every case is different and every case needs
:47:59. > :48:05.sensitivity and empathy. And we need to go into that. What is very clear
:48:06. > :48:10.is that the majority of people in Northern Ireland are not in favour
:48:11. > :48:15.of open abortion and free abortion on demand. Is that correct? Is that
:48:16. > :48:20.what you understand is the case, Claire Bailey? I've no idea what it
:48:21. > :48:26.means but would like to ask Alasdair McDonnell, I'm glad you're
:48:27. > :48:31.acknowledging FFA exists, but if a woman chooses in those circumstances
:48:32. > :48:35.to abort that pregnancy, to terminate, do you feel she should
:48:36. > :48:38.face the threat of life imprisonment? Should the police be
:48:39. > :48:42.called? Should she be put up in court? Should she face a judge?
:48:43. > :48:46.Should she be made a criminal for the rest of her days? Because that
:48:47. > :48:51.is the question, does our reporter in law need reform. It isn't about a
:48:52. > :48:55.personal opinion about what you feel and what you do in a particular
:48:56. > :49:03.circumstance. As legislators do we need to change the law Northern
:49:04. > :49:06.Ireland? I feel we absolutely do and I've long personally campaigned on
:49:07. > :49:09.this issue. Green Party policy is to see the decriminalisation of
:49:10. > :49:15.abortion because it is a health care issue, not a criminal justice issue.
:49:16. > :49:17.Let's come back to this in a minute. In circumstances such as Alasdair
:49:18. > :49:22.McDonnell was speaking about, I'd like to hear what we do with a woman
:49:23. > :49:30.who chooses to make her own choice? Two-week call the police, and sent
:49:31. > :49:35.her to jail? We don't. So, decriminalise abortion is. So change
:49:36. > :49:41.the legislation. I'm saying quite clearly my opinion is we shouldn't
:49:42. > :49:49.criminalise this. In circumstances where women forced into stopping the
:49:50. > :49:54.pregnancy it is the social reasons. In my lifetime I found this service,
:49:55. > :50:00.the health service and the social service are not there to support
:50:01. > :50:01.them. I want to make this point, you describe the SDLP has a pro-life
:50:02. > :50:03.party. An Amnesty International survey
:50:04. > :50:06.of the public in October 2016 found that among SDLP voters,
:50:07. > :50:08.69% support access to abortion in cases of rape, incest
:50:09. > :50:10.and where the foetus will not So you're out of step
:50:11. > :50:23.with your own supporters. I can speak for the Amnesty
:50:24. > :50:30.International... It was widely reported. Talking to members across
:50:31. > :50:35.the country, the SDLP attitude is we should be pro-life. Just a final
:50:36. > :50:40.sentence because we've got a lot of people here. We are totally
:50:41. > :50:53.empathetic and sympathetic to the circumstances that lead to this. To
:50:54. > :50:59.be the criminalise it then? Marion, how would you respond to this? We've
:51:00. > :51:04.made it repeatedly clear and getting weary at this point, they've asked
:51:05. > :51:07.the BBC and politicians to stop using the phrase fatal faecal lab,
:51:08. > :51:15.Latif. The phrase is life limiting condition. I would really appreciate
:51:16. > :51:19.it if you'd consider carefully those women and families who are currently
:51:20. > :51:25.living with a child in the household who has one of these conditions and
:51:26. > :51:29.who are growing up in our society and members of our society. Think
:51:30. > :51:34.carefully about how you phrase that. What we're talking about it is
:51:35. > :51:38.instances where the foetus will not survive outside the wimp. No doctor
:51:39. > :51:43.knows when that will actually happen. No doctor knows for certain.
:51:44. > :51:52.They can make a guess but they won't know for certain. Tracy Harkin who
:51:53. > :51:56.has spoken before, her daughter has a life limiting condition. In
:51:57. > :52:01.November, she celebrated her tenth birthday and is heading towards her
:52:02. > :52:06.11th birthday and hopefully had 12th and 13th and is continuing to
:52:07. > :52:11.grow... Just to pick up on the point, you make a fair point there
:52:12. > :52:17.but would you criminalise a woman who seeks to obtain an abortion in
:52:18. > :52:20.Northern Ireland? The law as it stands holes in a delicate balance
:52:21. > :52:27.the life of a woman and delicate baby. What we in Life NI advocate is
:52:28. > :52:31.for education around FFA. Paula said herself this is a baby were talking
:52:32. > :52:36.about. There's nothing embarrassing about making sure the lives of our
:52:37. > :52:41.unborn babies are protected. Thank you very much indeed. I need to
:52:42. > :52:49.bring in babies who haven't -- people who haven't spoken yet. I
:52:50. > :52:53.think it is time we changed our legislation governing abortion. I
:52:54. > :53:05.don't know where you stand. Anyone who heard the heartbreaking hotel --
:53:06. > :53:10.stories, would be with me. We heard the dreadful experiences and that
:53:11. > :53:15.moves society. We believe those who have been subject to incest or rape
:53:16. > :53:19.and sexual crimes they should have the choice to have a termination. I
:53:20. > :53:25.know everyone does not agree with that but that is our position. It is
:53:26. > :53:30.compassionate and caring. It isn't as far as Claire Bailey would go but
:53:31. > :53:33.it is a change and a change is overdue. Emma Little Pengelly. We
:53:34. > :53:38.need to have a compassionate approach to this and I recognise in
:53:39. > :53:42.all of these situations there is often very tragic circumstances with
:53:43. > :53:46.pain and I don't want to exacerbate that today by talking in political
:53:47. > :53:50.terms in relation to some of those issues but I am pro-life, I think
:53:51. > :53:58.that is the compassionate approach. We do need reform in terms of the
:53:59. > :54:02.law so across the EU the average in terms of termination of pregnancy is
:54:03. > :54:08.12 weeks. It is facilitated in the UK up to 24 weeks and then used to
:54:09. > :54:16.be a serious discussion about bad. I would ask people there if somebody
:54:17. > :54:21.had or did an abortion before the job's due date and it died, should
:54:22. > :54:27.that woman be criminalised? Is that not an appalling act? The Green
:54:28. > :54:32.Party would facilitate the termination of pregnancy bright up
:54:33. > :54:36.until birth. And I find that regressive. I don't have added
:54:37. > :54:41.progressive policy. We need to be compassionate about these things.
:54:42. > :54:44.Have you ever face those circumstances? If you ever facing
:54:45. > :54:48.those circumstances, come back to me and tell me why had to go through
:54:49. > :54:52.that because there seems to be this notion that a pregnant woman will
:54:53. > :55:00.wake up in the morning, has a scratch and wants to go to the pub
:55:01. > :55:04.tonight. Nobody is saying that. I don't need your personal opinion.
:55:05. > :55:09.And the question is about abortion law reform, do we need it? If you
:55:10. > :55:12.don't feel we need it, you feel we should continue to criminalise women
:55:13. > :55:19.with the threat of life imprisonment. I just want to come
:55:20. > :55:23.back on that. It is rightly in the sphere of political discussion
:55:24. > :55:27.because it is a philosophical discussion, a discussion about when
:55:28. > :55:36.life begins. And that is an important issue. It isn't as
:55:37. > :55:45.simple... Denied access Michael Henderson. I feel we need a
:55:46. > :55:48.change. The constituent came to me, she'd had a baby, she'd been told
:55:49. > :55:52.the baby was going to be born dead but she had to carry the baby and
:55:53. > :55:59.deliver the baby and it was three months. The doctor couldn't abort
:56:00. > :56:03.because the lady was healthy. She suffered in all her family did as
:56:04. > :56:07.well and in circumstances like that individual cases should be decided
:56:08. > :56:12.on and there should be law to back people up. As it stands, we don't
:56:13. > :56:17.have that. I'm going to give a very short response to this. We've heard
:56:18. > :56:24.from the six candidates, what's your response? I'm glad Paula Bradshaw
:56:25. > :56:28.and Claire Bailey are standing up for women in Northern Ireland. We
:56:29. > :56:31.want to drag the policy into the 21st century. Thank you very much
:56:32. > :56:34.indeed for joining us. Thanks asking that question.
:56:35. > :56:42.Harriet Moore-Boyd, who's a stall holder at St George's.
:56:43. > :56:49.My question is very straightforward. We are in an award-winning market
:56:50. > :56:53.with lots of lovely food and products, what would each member of
:56:54. > :57:00.the panelled shoes as a gift for the other members of the panel? What a
:57:01. > :57:06.vast array of choices there are. You have literally ten seconds each,
:57:07. > :57:11.starting with Mairtin O Muilleoir. They have a wonderful chocolatey
:57:12. > :57:19.here, orange chocolate 's and green meant. I'll take a box of the mint.
:57:20. > :57:23.I'm not sure how to answer that. I suppose I would want to give
:57:24. > :57:26.everybody on the panel a book. And I've been around the market and
:57:27. > :57:32.there are some wonderful things here. Perhaps to read about and
:57:33. > :57:35.reflect upon the differences have and how we can overcome that and how
:57:36. > :57:41.can work together because I do think that's what people in Northern
:57:42. > :57:46.Ireland want us to do. Alasdair McDonnell, you are a regular
:57:47. > :57:49.visitor, what would you buy? I am the market's biggest fan and I
:57:50. > :57:53.fought hard to sustain it because there was a time when the council
:57:54. > :57:57.was going to knock it down. I pay tribute to all the traders here...
:57:58. > :58:06.Tell me what you'd buy, stop dodging the question! I'd go to Jim Murdoch
:58:07. > :58:17.and died by them a basket of fruit, part of their five day. I'd buy them
:58:18. > :58:20.forget-me-nots. Well, I've been eyeing up beautiful plants all
:58:21. > :58:25.evening. I'll be back over the weekend to buy myself one. If I had
:58:26. > :58:32.the money, I'd buy them all for everyone. I'd be straight over and
:58:33. > :58:37.I'd buy everybody a nice wine glass to relax for the weekend. It is all
:58:38. > :58:41.made out of beer and wine glasses and they are absolutely fabulous.
:58:42. > :58:45.You did very well, no antiques because they are all stuck in the
:58:46. > :58:47.past! I'm impressed. Thank you for that.
:58:48. > :58:49.That's it from The View for this week.
:58:50. > :58:51.Thanks to Belfast City Council and the stall holders
:58:52. > :58:53.here at St George's Market for hosting us tonight.
:58:54. > :58:55.This time next week, it'll all be over,
:58:56. > :58:59.Before that, though, Sunday Politics is at the usual time
:59:00. > :59:27.For now, though, from everyone at St George's Market, bye bye.
:59:28. > :59:35.This Friday night is the last in the present series of The Blame Game.
:59:36. > :59:40.Joining us is comedy superstar John Bishop. That's The Blame Game: