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we're heading back to the polling booths.

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To help you decide, we've invited the leaders of the larger parties

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to a debate in front of a studio audience.

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BBC Election 2017, the Northern Ireland Leaders' Debate.

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Tuesday, at 9pm on BBC ONE Northern Ireland.

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Who's been making the best pitch to the people of South Belfast?

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With just one week to go to polling day, we've come

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The traders at St George's have very kindly made way for us tonight,

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just a few hours before it all swings into action

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This is shaping up to be a very tight fight in South Belfast.

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Two years ago, the then SDLP leader, Alasdair McDonnell, scraped home

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with the smallest share of the vote ever in a Westminster election.

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He's back in the fray this time, facing several opponents who say

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they're confident they can unseat him this time.

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On this specially extended edition of the programme,

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we're welcoming six of the candidates who will

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be setting out their stalls for us tonight.

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So, joining me tonight from the SDLP is Alasdair McDonnell,

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Paula Bradshaw is the candidate for the Alliance Party,

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Mairtin O Muilleoir is standing for Sinn Fein and also joining us

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We also have the DUP's candidate, Emma Little Pengelly,

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and the Ulster Unionists' Michael Henderson.

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There's a full list of candidates on the BBC New NI website.

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We have a range of questions to put to the candidates tonight,

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questions which we think represent some of the key areas of debate

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in South Belfast and which resonate right across Northern Ireland.

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And to get things going, our first question comes from Cathal McCall,

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a Professor of European Politics at Queen's University.

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Do calls for a referendum on a reunite -- united Ireland once the

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Brexit negotiators have concluded not risk exacerbating division

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between Unionism and nationalism. I don't think so, in fact increase in

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the since the June 23 referendum I've met people from across the

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constituency of South Belfast who say we're going to have to sort out

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how we live together on this island, reconcile people in a united

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Ireland. But we really need to have a -- and adult conversation about

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the benefits. I will argue about the benefits to our community, but it

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has to be done in a discerning, sensitive fashion because the common

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ground in Belfast, and this market is a great example of how the common

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ground has expanded in Belfast, let's make sure that when we have

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the unity referendum, let's make sure the choice is between being

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part of the EU and being part of an isolated so-called United Kingdom.

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Alasdair, your participants to have shifted on this. It is now being

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talked about a lot under the leadership of: Eastwood. It

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shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that a nationalist party has an

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interest in a united Ireland. The change now is that the Brexit vote

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of one year ago has totally created a flux in our politics here and

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created a frail pall of all sorts of interest, -- if whirlpool. And it

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will have to be faced down the road at some point. It's not going to

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play very well with your potential voters in South Belfast, is it? We

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are not in here to play games or create posers just for the sake of

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it. We are in this to do with the challenge of Brexit. Brexit has

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thrust us into a difficult space, because we had stability here for

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the last 19 years of a sort but allowed us to make some degree of

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progress, the Good Friday Agreement is effectively seriously undermined

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and threatened by the decision to leave Europe, and that creates a

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whole flux. I am meeting people on the doorstep who would not normally

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be still be supporters or nationalists, who are saying we are

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going to have to look to Dublin, and work with Dublin in terms of taking

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ourselves forward. So there is an issue there, and it will be an

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ongoing issue because the situation has been destabilised, and will

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remain destabilised until we get it sorted out and destabilised again.

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Title-macro, you are a supporter of Brexit, look at what has come with

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it. -- Emma Pengelly. It would create further instability at a time

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when there is much going on in terms of the Brexit issue. I'm here today

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to say to everybody across South Belfast but I will fight for the

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best possible deal for South Belfast, Northern Ireland and the UK

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in those discussions. There will of course be uncertainty and challenges

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with that, but we need to take -- get the best possible deal. The last

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thing we need here is that type of referendum, and the last thing the

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UK needs in Scotland is the same thing. We need to work hard for

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people and get the best deal for South Belfast, Northern Ireland and

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the United Kingdom in this. Let's go back to our questionnaire, what do

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you think of the way this issue is now shipping the debate. I think it

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is moving away from an immediate pressing concern, which is the -- a

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soft Irish border. We already see the political divisions in the

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answers so far. Alasdair talks about this issue of Irish unification

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having to be addressed further down the road. We have something right in

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front of us on the road, the forthcoming Brexit negotiations,

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whereby the political parties here need to be speaking with one voice

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in order to lobby those involved in those negotiations and attempt to

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preserve our open soft border. Livelihoods are at stake here, and

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lifestyle that people have enjoyed for over two decades are also at

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risk. And it is a very complicated issue, Brexit. Are you concerned

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that this has opened a whole can of worms, and it risks turning us back

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to the old debate about orange and green? I'm afraid it does, and I go

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back to my point but we are facing a really critical number of months

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ahead with these Brexit negotiations. If our political

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leaders could speak with one voice on a number of issues and come up

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with innovative and imaginative solutions that all agree on, surely

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that would be listened to by all sides in this negotiation in

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Brussels. How do we speak with one voice with those who wish to drag us

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out of Europe against our stated intentions, 56% voted to stay, had a

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respect for those who said in a BBC studio that they do not care about

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the ramifications in terms of jobs? I will stand with everyone who wants

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to defend jobs, the community, the peace process, make sure the funding

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continues to flow, but it is not possible to speak with one voice

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with David Davis or those who want a reckless Brexit. I am not

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particularly concerned about David Davis at this point of time given

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that the EU commissioner leading Brexit has actually visited the

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Irish border, I don't believe David Davis has been anywhere near it.

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What I am asking for its political leaders here to come up with some

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sort of consensus for how to address particular issues. Your party's

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clear you don't take a border poll is helpful. Yes, I think it is

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shameful this has been brought into the argument. This is not about the

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politics of the past, the politics of fear, sectarian headcount winner

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to decouple the Brexit issue from the border issue in Northern

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Ireland. We have got so much work to do, this is not about sweeping

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statements, this is about cool heads, building relationships. I

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don't believe I would dispute what Mairtin says, I don't believe all 18

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MPs will not be looking for the best deal and trying to safeguard jobs

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and ensuring a free flow of labour. There is an opportunity for all 18

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MPs to work together, because 18 out of 650 is not a great number, but

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one out of six and 50 is even smaller. Wind to -- 650. We need to

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decouple it from the green and orange, that has held this country

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back for too long, and the next five years are two vital for us to keep

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squabbling over these issues. Michael Henderson, your party leader

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said this is a back door to a Ireland. We are in a constituency

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where 70% of the people voted to remain in the European Union. As

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Robin says, we took this photo, it was a UK-based referendum. -- this

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vote. Are you happy we are living? I am personally happy that we need to

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negotiate contracts and work together for the best deal for

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Northern Ireland. But are you put a happy yes, we need to know... You

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were pro-Brexit? I was. Because your party's position was pro-remain.

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Yes, but we need to work together to get the best deal for the United

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Kingdom in these negotiations. As for the border poll, it is laid out

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quite clear back were we should be doing

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is looking at what we can do for MPs to give the best deal for Northern

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Ireland for us going forward. If unionists are so confident, what a

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you afraid of a referendum? Won the best deal for Northern Ireland was

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to stay in Europe and reform Europe. We cannot argue about the best deal

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if we are good to take it off the table. We have to work, and a lot of

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people are making comments here, I think quite simply we've got to get

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on with it. The talk is cheap until you have to do some work, and we

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must work together, there is a gap at Stormont, we have to get Stormont

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back in place, get the Executive up and running again. Scotland had an

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arrangement to deal with Europe within a couple of weeks of the

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referendum, we also had an arrangement, we are still sitting...

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A few of us, a number of people at Queens and a number of others from

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political and business life are struggling around at the moment

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trying to define a vision for Northern Ireland. And that will be

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essential, Northern Ireland, people around this table are going to have

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to work together even if they disagree. I want to bring in a tax

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accountant whose offices are just around the corner from here.

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Lorraine, is it the case that the advice you are giving to your

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clients is that whether they like Brexit or not, they've got to get on

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and make the best of it in the circumstances and look for

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opportunities where they may present themselves? Where advising

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businesses they need to evaluate their supply chains, where they are

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exporting and importing from. Whenever we come out of the EU,

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where is the best marketplace going to be? What are the tariffs and

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custom duties going to be? How would you sum up, Lorraine, the mood of

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the business representatives you're talking to? Are they fairly gung ho

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about the possibilities that my lie ahead even if they will remain as

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last June or is there a sense of depression that the opportunities

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may not be there? I think it is probably the frustration and

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uncertainty of the tour because we don't know where were going to be.

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With the politicians? Yes, as well because at the minute we don't have

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a voice at Westminster in relation to negotiations. And it isn't one

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voice for Northern Ireland, going back to a few statements be but have

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said already. Businesses, at the minute there is a lot of growth in

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Belfast but those things don't happen overnight. It takes two or

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three years to plan big investments so it'll be two or three years down

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the line before the lack of investment. Claire Bailey, what is

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the Green Party's position on a border poll? We don't think it is a

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positive element to be thrown in right now and the only referendum we

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should be focusing on is the referendum for the people on the

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final deal that is represented on Brexit negotiations. What we are

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missing in Northern Ireland in this process is a voice speaking up on

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our behalf. That won't be a single voice from any MP that is elected on

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June the 8th. The imperative now is to have a functioning executive up

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and running. We need the institutions functioning again and

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we need somebody at the table in the negotiations fighting for our corner

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because I don't think even a UK wide deal will suffice because Northern

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Ireland does have special circumstances. It does have

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particular instances that need to be focused on as well and we need

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somebody at the table fighting our corner, making sure Theresa May and

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David Davis know what the impact of any negotiations and anything there

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thinking about on us in Northern Ireland. That is where it needs to

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be, the focus, instead of stirring up fear and anxiety. We already have

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an identity crisis, we shouldn't add to it, we should be making people

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feel secure and putting a referendum on the final deal for the people to

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have their final say. OK, there's a chap in the blue shirt who wants to

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make a comment. Add can we trust you to deliver a vote when you can't

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deliver a functioning and executive quiz White do you know how you're

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going to vote on June the 8th? Yes. -- no. How can you prove the

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politics of the DUP works? It is imperative we have a functioning

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executives. The DUP has said they have no redlines. I've knocked on

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20,000 doors, me and my team, so far and the clear message from people on

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the ground is get back to work, get back into Stormont because the

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issues that matter to us, issues like education, health, the economy,

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these things are suffering. It is partly awful in the DUP we don't

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have the devolved institution. We believe very strongly pulling down

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the institutions was unnecessary at the time. It is a hallmark of a

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mature government you work through these issues and continue to provide

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core services for people. That is the mandate we have, that is the

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responsibility we have. The institutions shouldn't have been

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pulled down. I'm putting a challenge down to Sinn Fein to drop their

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redlines, get back to government and deliver for people in terms of

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health and education because that is what people are telling us they

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want. We might discuss that later in the programme. Mairtin, howdy

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persuade people you are deserving of their votes next Thursday? What we

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say to people who'd ask the question, how can you trust the DUP?

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The DUP and Sinn Fein. Red sky, it is a DUP scandal. And Sinn Fein. I

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am going to move on to the second 50% of the question later. I don't

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know how you trust the DUP because I don't. As you ponder whether or not

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you contraption fame, firstly they don't have a budget because the

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institution has collapsed. Our executive collapsed in December.

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Look at what Martin McGuinness dead. There are people trying to shoot me

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down and I've been at this along time. Look at what the stance of

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Martin McGuinness. Was he right to stand up to the arrogance and

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discrimination of the DUP and to the scandals which have tainted the DUP?

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I ask, as I do on the doorsteps, what he right? Should he have turned

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a blind eye to ?80,000 a day being lost? To the synced sectarianism?

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People are saying no. Martin was right to call time on it, and what

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was happening was unacceptable. Trust Sinn Fein, I say. The

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Executive should have known in the first place! We say the DUP have

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turned their back. Arrogance and disrespect. It was your

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responsibility to bring forward a budget. I was chair of the Finance

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committee. The committee asked this man to come along and explain why he

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wasn't producing a budget before they pull down the Assembly. He

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refused to come to the committee, he showed contempt for the committee,

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he wouldn't explain why he wouldn't produce a budget. Because there is

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no budget, schools are being hit, hospitals are being hit, the health

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service... I'm hearing on the doors people working in schools and a huge

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amounts of pressure, you did not produce a budget, your core

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responsibility at the time. Belfast will give their verdict on you. The

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reason we have no budget and no executive is the arrogance of the

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DUP. We have seen more of it tonight and we will stand up to it. Paula

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Bradshaw. People are saying at the doors that Sinn Fein's slogan about

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respect and integrity, what about those respect for people lying in

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hospital beds with no care package? What about special educational needs

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children who are getting their support cut? What about ?500 million

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being lost? We had to call it time. You didn't need to bring the

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Assembly down over it. People will make their decision. Tell you what

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I'm going to do, let's pause this from Asus -- for a second. I want to

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bring in column Mackie, the president of the Ulster University

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students union, making a return appearance on the programme but for

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a very particular programme. The issue you wanted to tease out really

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touches on what we've got into a little bit earlier than we were

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planning to but let's take a point at this stage. I was here before the

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election and I would ask what was different after the election? Three

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months on, there's no Assembly so I'd like to ask you as panellists

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what has changed? What has actually changed three months on? Claire

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Bailey, what has changed? To a lot of people nothing has changed. An

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awful lot has changed. We have an executive, parties not getting round

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the table, and we have Brexit on the table and a lot of the financial

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woes we were hearing about are largely down to Theresa May and the

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Tory austerity budget and we still have nobody fighting for investment

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in Northern Ireland. Politically speaking, we are in a stalemate but

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I say that as huge change, not good change by anyway or or any stretch

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of the imagination but the owners needs to be on Westminster and our

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government bodies from England to be stepping in and helping out, to be

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standing up to the commitments of the Good Friday Agreement, we need

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the Secretary of State to walk in, do his duties and help out and we

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need our finance minister back again. We need our executive back

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and functioning. We need Northern Ireland's voice heard at Brexit. I

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think an awful lot has changed in a short space of time. Mairtin O

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Muilleoir, has a lot changed? He asked the question three months ago

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and politicians made a lot of promises what was going to change

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but we didn't get Stormont up and running, the Brexit negotiations

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haven't advanced. Any change there is is a change for the worse and it

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won't be solved by are squabbling here. I you embarrassed as a

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politician? I am somewhat embarrassed. Fortunately, for to

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have a reason, I haven't been in the Assembly and I can't do much about

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it rather than -- other than try to alleviate the damage... Plenty of

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party members in the Assembly. So you're saying they've failed? If

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you're asking me personally, I'm at Westminster and I try to work and to

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ensure some of the gaps are filled. Ultimately Westminster has control,

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has financial control and all the rest. I don't want us to go back to

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direct rule. I want to see the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast

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Agreement implemented in full. And we need Mairtin to know that it was

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his job to create a budget and he cannot duck the issue is on health,

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on education and all the rest. I've been around schools, as have others.

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Why weren't they in the Executive and doing things in the Executive?

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Don't interrupt me, I didn't interrupt you. The point is he was

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paid a salary as Minister for Finance, he was in a pivotal

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position and he failed. He didn't deliver the budget and as a result

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we have a situation now where the schools are suffering, the health

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service is suffering and the whole thing is crumbling. Quite honestly,

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we have to allow our politics to mature. You've accused of failing,

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let him answer. People have to take responsibility. If you become

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finance minister, you have to behave like the finance ministers. There

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must be an election coming up, Mark, because that was a great speech. The

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SDLP withdrew from the Executive. Which they were perfectly entitled

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to do. We continued our work. I went to Brussels tries to address 27

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ministers. You didn't deliver the budget. Because the government

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collapsed which is because the SDLP didn't stand up to the DUP. They

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wouldn't take the battle for equality... Or because of Martin

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McGuinness? Martin McGuinness expose the scandal. We have seen the

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arrogance today, the comments of Arlene Foster, Arlene Foster

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providing cover for others. If they want a government and we want a

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government dearly and deeply, but you can't have that without respect

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for everyone and the failure of the DP to provide that respect, shown

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again in the Brexit vote they took, dark money that they were paid to

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support Brexit, the rest of us are paying the price. They say they did

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it within the rules, they've been more than transparent, that is the

:26:46.:26:50.

party's position. Why stand of Martin McGuinness' decision? When

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the young man says what has changed, we've been back three steps when we

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know there will never be an Irish language act. Arlene Foster went to

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the funeral of Martin McGuinness, but then she met... I don't think it

:27:13.:27:18.

was a secret meeting, it was a public meeting. Let's hear from Emma

:27:19.:27:23.

Little Pengelly. I think the panel you've heard from here, the reality

:27:24.:27:31.

of it is that in terms of the diversity of the constituency of

:27:32.:27:34.

South Belfast, but of this is about getting along despite not getting

:27:35.:27:37.

along with each other. What we've heard from Mairtin is he gets along

:27:38.:27:42.

with people who agree with him and he's shown contempt and a lack of

:27:43.:27:46.

respect for those who disagree with him and I genuinely think this

:27:47.:27:49.

constituency needs a unifying force, we need to work together, we need to

:27:50.:27:55.

represent people regardless of their position... Do you think you can

:27:56.:27:59.

represent those people in Belfast? Absolutely. That is the very

:28:00.:28:04.

definition of diversity. It is about people disagreeing but getting

:28:05.:28:09.

along. What would you say for those people who would vote for Mairtin O

:28:10.:28:13.

Muilleoir? I'd talk about the bright side of the road. But he excluded

:28:14.:28:18.

the DUP and Ulster University. The only people on the bright side of

:28:19.:28:23.

the road for Mairtin are people who agree with him. On my bright side of

:28:24.:28:26.

the road, it is diversity right across. Except if you want to get

:28:27.:28:39.

married and you are gay. We are not going to agree with diversity. Are

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you on the bright side of the road, Michael Henderson? What has changed

:28:49.:28:55.

is the 257,000 outpatients that there were months ago. If anything

:28:56.:29:07.

has changed, it has changed for the worse. It has been at a standstill,

:29:08.:29:20.

schools have lost funding. We, like the other parties, are trying to get

:29:21.:29:23.

it up and running. The two main parties will not agree, and

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fortunately, -- unfortunately. If you ask any of the other parties, I

:29:33.:29:37.

think they would be in there tomorrow. Education funding is

:29:38.:29:42.

suffering. The education authority have said they have not received any

:29:43.:29:48.

funding difference, they have received the same money, yet they

:29:49.:29:53.

have is just strange the structure -- change the structure of how they

:29:54.:29:59.

are allocating those funds. They were promised a million of extra

:30:00.:30:04.

funding and they never got it. Why our schools suffering of the money

:30:05.:30:13.

is still the same? Paula? I think it was unfortunately -- that the

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election was called, we were getting down to the details of the Irish

:30:18.:30:21.

language act. Part of the problem was the parties were saying there

:30:22.:30:24.

was no progress being made when there was, and then as soon as the

:30:25.:30:29.

election was called we had to down tools and so very little has

:30:30.:30:33.

happened since then. But I am glad the issue about the UDA was brought

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up. This I think is your chance to renounce this, and I think if you

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think you can read last -- and off whole constituency with that as an

:30:53.:30:55.

endorsement the thing you are mistaken. You have been in

:30:56.:30:58.

Government for ten years, there is an up -- and need for a single

:30:59.:31:03.

equality Bill. Why did you not support Alliance last year when

:31:04.:31:07.

recalled for the reform of the petition of concern? These were not

:31:08.:31:13.

issues than? In a crop the campaign for marriage equality... -- the

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campaign for marriage equality... Different issue, but we stand by

:31:21.:31:24.

equality. We will continue to campaign for equality. I'd like -- I

:31:25.:31:33.

brought to the Executive a proposal to allow me to move forward marriage

:31:34.:31:40.

equality, but the DUP block it. You asked why the blockage, and the

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blockage is the discriminatory approach of the DUP, the secretary

:31:46.:31:48.

approach, the lack of respect for those who are different. --

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sectarian approach. MR, I want you to respond particularly to the point

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made by Paula Bradshaw. -- Emma. I have said this before, I absolutely

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do not endorse any violence, all murders throughout the conflict and

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the Troubles were wrong. Paramilitary organisations should

:32:17.:32:20.

not have had any role here, and they should leave. I have been clear on

:32:21.:32:25.

that, Arlene Foster has been clear on that. I worked on the ground with

:32:26.:32:30.

community organisations right across South Belfast. -- I work. And those

:32:31.:32:36.

organisations share the same values and objective of building a better

:32:37.:32:39.

and brighter future for our community. Do you welcome the

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endorsement... And I know that Paula has worked for those organisations

:32:48.:32:53.

as well. In terms of the... Sorry if I can answer the question, in terms

:32:54.:32:59.

of the UPI J, they have recommended a vote for myself. -- UPRG. I work

:33:00.:33:17.

the fact that the DUP team -- team's hard work, and if you... The people

:33:18.:33:23.

but your leader met on the Tuesday, Christopher style that, has yet to

:33:24.:33:34.

condemn the murder, so it is the price that the ordinary community is

:33:35.:33:38.

paying, and these organisations need to go away, and the price we pay...

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The UDA needs to go away. He speaks a lot about respect for women, yet

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he talks over me constantly. Let's hear the DUP... The DUP has clearly

:33:57.:34:06.

called for the UDA to go away. I want to add to the fact that people

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out there watching this will be appalled at the hypocrisy of

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Mairtin. I call on him to condemn the IRA bombing of Manchester, and

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they are acts of violence right across this country that have caused

:34:21.:34:28.

misery to thousands of people. I wasn't sure at what point I would

:34:29.:34:31.

get to mention your father, who when my father was being discriminating

:34:32.:34:36.

-- discriminated against was bringing guns in this country. In a

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macro can I say, Mairtin, first of all, sorry, if I can speak... I

:34:46.:34:54.

think it's absolutely appalling for Mairtin to say that, because I think

:34:55.:34:59.

when he goes back to his group meeting of the MLAs of Sinn Fein,

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and he sees people of his party who have committed horrendous crimes,

:35:06.:35:11.

and how would they feel if their children, who had no responsibility

:35:12.:35:14.

for the actions of their colleagues, had to sit and hear abuse like you

:35:15.:35:19.

have given me? It is a lack of respect, and I am going to call you

:35:20.:35:24.

out on that. I am speak -- stating facts. Emma is lecturing me. I have

:35:25.:35:32.

asked you to condemn the IRA bombing of Manchester. I will not

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apologise... Absolute lack of respect. If MS had any self-respect,

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she would not try to lecture people about the terrible conflicts we have

:35:49.:35:54.

been through. -- if Emma had any self-respect. I have always

:35:55.:35:58.

condemned Parliamentary violence. I simply asked you to condemn the IRA

:35:59.:36:04.

bombing of Manchester. -- paramilitary violence. Are you any

:36:05.:36:12.

more positive now, three months on? Seemingly the only thing has changed

:36:13.:36:17.

this time. The issues discussed at the last election special of The

:36:18.:36:21.

View, Brexit, the budget, green and orange issues, every candidate

:36:22.:36:26.

promised the best for the people here, and nothing has been

:36:27.:36:30.

delivered. Thank you very much for the question. I want to move another

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question. Question from Justin Kouame,

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chair of NI Community What actions would you put in place

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to make sure that South Belfast remains a harmonious,

:36:42.:36:46.

multicultural society I think my record over the years has

:36:47.:37:06.

been to do just that, to welcome people like yourself and others from

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across the world, because for too long island -- Irish people

:37:11.:37:18.

emigrated to other places, and I have worked politically and as a GP

:37:19.:37:21.

to facilitate those people, to make them feel welcome, and I think the

:37:22.:37:26.

two things that are very important to people is that they are

:37:27.:37:29.

integrated fully and provided with good health care and education

:37:30.:37:34.

facilities. And I find as I go along and go around some of the schools in

:37:35.:37:40.

Belfast that the education that is provided by some of the schools is

:37:41.:37:45.

excellent, and equally I think we have to ensure that basically is the

:37:46.:37:50.

health service has big long queues developing, but people coming in

:37:51.:37:54.

here, emigrants coming in, are not at the very back of that too. In

:37:55.:38:01.

that way they will feel integrated, and emigrants in my book or equal to

:38:02.:38:07.

any of us. They should have the same support, and the same servicing and

:38:08.:38:17.

opportunities. Claire, what actions would you take it -- put in place? I

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am proud that South Belfast is so multicultural. I would like to see

:38:26.:38:29.

put in place and funded and helped to get up and off the ground, a

:38:30.:38:35.

multicultural hub, cited in South Belfast. I think the holy lands

:38:36.:38:40.

would be a great place for that, because it is a good meeting place

:38:41.:38:44.

geographically speaking, very close to the University, and I think we

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should be doing all we can to have that. The reason that a team of

:38:51.:38:55.

happening is to let all our new communities and people coming to

:38:56.:39:00.

know them they are welcome, but they have other people from other

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countries We need to ensure the ongoing

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support of the Executive office and I have given a pledge will provide

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that. OK, Mairtin. We should take a lead from you, just in. You are a

:40:28.:40:32.

beacon of tolerance, an ambassador for the city. You work for others

:40:33.:40:38.

despite having your own issue is not sorted out. Community is ahead of

:40:39.:40:45.

politics. You know that you can go to an African church service on

:40:46.:40:50.

Sunday, a wedding, the end of Ramadan will be celebrated. And what

:40:51.:40:56.

we need to do is take a lead from the churches in Belfast. We need

:40:57.:41:04.

your lead, and we need you to continue to be a beacon of hope for

:41:05.:41:11.

the city. Michael Henderson. I think the council should get more

:41:12.:41:15.

involved, they have the expertise and technology to integrate people

:41:16.:41:18.

within the society and they have been doing that and it is getting

:41:19.:41:22.

more pathways so people actually know how they integrate. People that

:41:23.:41:30.

put into places are excluded. So how do you get to work with the health

:41:31.:41:36.

service and get involved? In Lisburn, we brought 40 families

:41:37.:41:41.

over, we had the PSNI in, the health service, an open morning when they

:41:42.:41:45.

talked, and they were surprised at how people reacted with the police

:41:46.:41:48.

service because some of the countries they come from, it is a

:41:49.:41:52.

completely different way police talk to them and they found it useful.

:41:53.:41:56.

Information packs. It was how you enter schools, get to know who do

:41:57.:42:01.

you ask the questions of and it is important people are made to feel

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welcome. The church can take a big part in that. I want to bring Justin

:42:06.:42:11.

in. You fled the Ivory Coast in 2009. Were you made to feel welcome

:42:12.:42:17.

as soon as you arrived in Northern Ireland? Do you feel welcome in the

:42:18.:42:23.

community today? Yes, I do. It is extremely important at this moment

:42:24.:42:28.

because south Belfast is unique in terms of Northern Ireland. And when

:42:29.:42:33.

something happens to minority groups, it is very important that

:42:34.:42:36.

politicians show leadership and speech the same language because at

:42:37.:42:40.

the end of the day the reason why the south Belfast election is

:42:41.:42:43.

important is because of the diversity. If politicians pays their

:42:44.:42:50.

hope on getting elected on their own people, it isn't going to happen. So

:42:51.:42:54.

they need to change the language. They need to come out and show a

:42:55.:43:00.

united front. For us, to send a strong message to minorities. I just

:43:01.:43:15.

want to bring in Darko Majanovic. You are a stallholder, you sell fine

:43:16.:43:20.

breads. You came from Croatia over 20 years ago. Yes, 25 years ago. Do

:43:21.:43:28.

you now feel completely integrated into Northern Ireland society? Yes.

:43:29.:43:35.

How long did it take? Well, very quickly because first I found people

:43:36.:43:42.

very friendly here. Very welcoming. And it didn't take me long to feel

:43:43.:43:48.

welcome and at home. And now you are an expert at making bread, you are

:43:49.:43:56.

better at it than we are. Thank you very much. Emma Little Pengelly,

:43:57.:44:00.

your thoughts on this, do you think this is something we can

:44:01.:44:04.

collectively take some pride in? I thank Justin for his question and

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I've met with yourself and the groups on very many occasions

:44:09.:44:10.

particularly when I worked in the office the first Minister, working

:44:11.:44:18.

on our good relations strategy and also the racial equality strategy

:44:19.:44:22.

and I understand very well from those years the need for not only

:44:23.:44:26.

local representatives to work together in order to tackle hate or

:44:27.:44:32.

discrimination but also to support people who move into South Belfast.

:44:33.:44:36.

And also the legislation and frameworks required to meet needs.

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I'd say this comes back to the heart of respect and tolerance. That we

:44:41.:44:46.

are all different, we believe different views, we've had different

:44:47.:44:49.

experiences and this is about respecting each other and where

:44:50.:44:52.

we've been and trying to move forward together and focus on

:44:53.:44:57.

building a fantastic, brighter south Belfast. That's what I want to do.

:44:58.:45:02.

Or we won't agree on everything at all times but it is about trying to

:45:03.:45:06.

come together and getting the best possible deal, the best provision

:45:07.:45:10.

for South Belfast. Thank you very much indeed.

:45:11.:45:15.

Question from Ulster University student Hannah Rooney,

:45:16.:45:16.

Do you feel it's time for abortion legislation

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Is it time for abortion legislation in Northern Ireland to be reformed?

:45:20.:45:39.

Paula Bradshaw. It is time, for me. I believe women should have control

:45:40.:45:43.

over their rain bodies, over reproductive health. It is time we

:45:44.:45:48.

repealed the offences against the Person act that criminalises women.

:45:49.:45:52.

I think it is time we have our own law here. I don't agree the 67 act

:45:53.:45:57.

would be suitable because what it does is it gives the decision-making

:45:58.:46:03.

over to two doctors and the decision should rest with the woman but I

:46:04.:46:07.

understand this is an emotive issue. As legislators, we have to get the

:46:08.:46:13.

balance right between freedom of and freedom from religion. In this case,

:46:14.:46:16.

we need to make sure the legislation is there and it isn't developed in a

:46:17.:46:21.

vacuum but the women who decide who are facing an unplanned pregnancy,

:46:22.:46:27.

but they decide to keep their child, they are given their support. I am

:46:28.:46:32.

not pro-abortion but I am pro-choice and I think if women want to keep

:46:33.:46:37.

their baby then we need to be there to support them. It is long overdue

:46:38.:46:40.

and it is incredibly embarrassing and wrong we should keep women as

:46:41.:46:44.

second-class citizens in this country. South Belfast is generally

:46:45.:46:50.

seen as probably the most socially progressive constituency in Northern

:46:51.:46:54.

Ireland. Alasdair McDonnell, you're opposed to any change in the

:46:55.:46:59.

abortion legislation, even in cases of rape, incest and feudal

:47:00.:47:04.

abnormality. Are you not out of step with SDLP voters in this

:47:05.:47:08.

constituency? I can only make my own assessment. The SDLP is a pro-life

:47:09.:47:14.

party and I think it defines itself. There is a working group operating

:47:15.:47:21.

on the feudal abnormality is. We know it is reported to ministers. It

:47:22.:47:25.

hasn't published its report by the BBC has seen the report and the BBC

:47:26.:47:30.

has reported that expert working group set up to look into the fatal

:47:31.:47:35.

feudal abnormality issue is recommending legislative change. The

:47:36.:47:41.

point is this - it is a sensitive situation, and I have dealt all my

:47:42.:47:46.

life as a GP, I spent 30 years as a GP, dealing with women with

:47:47.:47:51.

difficult pregnancies, with problem pregnancies, and fatal faecal

:47:52.:47:55.

abnormalities. Every case is different and every case needs

:47:56.:47:58.

sensitivity and empathy. And we need to go into that. What is very clear

:47:59.:48:05.

is that the majority of people in Northern Ireland are not in favour

:48:06.:48:10.

of open abortion and free abortion on demand. Is that correct? Is that

:48:11.:48:15.

what you understand is the case, Claire Bailey? I've no idea what it

:48:16.:48:20.

means but would like to ask Alasdair McDonnell, I'm glad you're

:48:21.:48:26.

acknowledging FFA exists, but if a woman chooses in those circumstances

:48:27.:48:31.

to abort that pregnancy, to terminate, do you feel she should

:48:32.:48:35.

face the threat of life imprisonment? Should the police be

:48:36.:48:38.

called? Should she be put up in court? Should she face a judge?

:48:39.:48:42.

Should she be made a criminal for the rest of her days? Because that

:48:43.:48:46.

is the question, does our reporter in law need reform. It isn't about a

:48:47.:48:51.

personal opinion about what you feel and what you do in a particular

:48:52.:48:55.

circumstance. As legislators do we need to change the law Northern

:48:56.:49:03.

Ireland? I feel we absolutely do and I've long personally campaigned on

:49:04.:49:06.

this issue. Green Party policy is to see the decriminalisation of

:49:07.:49:09.

abortion because it is a health care issue, not a criminal justice issue.

:49:10.:49:15.

Let's come back to this in a minute. In circumstances such as Alasdair

:49:16.:49:17.

McDonnell was speaking about, I'd like to hear what we do with a woman

:49:18.:49:22.

who chooses to make her own choice? Two-week call the police, and sent

:49:23.:49:30.

her to jail? We don't. So, decriminalise abortion is. So change

:49:31.:49:35.

the legislation. I'm saying quite clearly my opinion is we shouldn't

:49:36.:49:41.

criminalise this. In circumstances where women forced into stopping the

:49:42.:49:49.

pregnancy it is the social reasons. In my lifetime I found this service,

:49:50.:49:54.

the health service and the social service are not there to support

:49:55.:50:00.

them. I want to make this point, you describe the SDLP has a pro-life

:50:01.:50:01.

party. An Amnesty International survey

:50:02.:50:03.

of the public in October 2016 found that among SDLP voters,

:50:04.:50:06.

69% support access to abortion in cases of rape, incest

:50:07.:50:08.

and where the foetus will not So you're out of step

:50:09.:50:10.

with your own supporters. I can speak for the Amnesty

:50:11.:50:23.

International... It was widely reported. Talking to members across

:50:24.:50:30.

the country, the SDLP attitude is we should be pro-life. Just a final

:50:31.:50:35.

sentence because we've got a lot of people here. We are totally

:50:36.:50:40.

empathetic and sympathetic to the circumstances that lead to this. To

:50:41.:50:53.

be the criminalise it then? Marion, how would you respond to this? We've

:50:54.:50:59.

made it repeatedly clear and getting weary at this point, they've asked

:51:00.:51:04.

the BBC and politicians to stop using the phrase fatal faecal lab,

:51:05.:51:07.

Latif. The phrase is life limiting condition. I would really appreciate

:51:08.:51:15.

it if you'd consider carefully those women and families who are currently

:51:16.:51:19.

living with a child in the household who has one of these conditions and

:51:20.:51:25.

who are growing up in our society and members of our society. Think

:51:26.:51:29.

carefully about how you phrase that. What we're talking about it is

:51:30.:51:34.

instances where the foetus will not survive outside the wimp. No doctor

:51:35.:51:38.

knows when that will actually happen. No doctor knows for certain.

:51:39.:51:43.

They can make a guess but they won't know for certain. Tracy Harkin who

:51:44.:51:52.

has spoken before, her daughter has a life limiting condition. In

:51:53.:51:56.

November, she celebrated her tenth birthday and is heading towards her

:51:57.:52:01.

11th birthday and hopefully had 12th and 13th and is continuing to

:52:02.:52:06.

grow... Just to pick up on the point, you make a fair point there

:52:07.:52:11.

but would you criminalise a woman who seeks to obtain an abortion in

:52:12.:52:17.

Northern Ireland? The law as it stands holes in a delicate balance

:52:18.:52:20.

the life of a woman and delicate baby. What we in Life NI advocate is

:52:21.:52:27.

for education around FFA. Paula said herself this is a baby were talking

:52:28.:52:31.

about. There's nothing embarrassing about making sure the lives of our

:52:32.:52:36.

unborn babies are protected. Thank you very much indeed. I need to

:52:37.:52:41.

bring in babies who haven't -- people who haven't spoken yet. I

:52:42.:52:49.

think it is time we changed our legislation governing abortion. I

:52:50.:52:53.

don't know where you stand. Anyone who heard the heartbreaking hotel --

:52:54.:53:05.

stories, would be with me. We heard the dreadful experiences and that

:53:06.:53:10.

moves society. We believe those who have been subject to incest or rape

:53:11.:53:15.

and sexual crimes they should have the choice to have a termination. I

:53:16.:53:19.

know everyone does not agree with that but that is our position. It is

:53:20.:53:25.

compassionate and caring. It isn't as far as Claire Bailey would go but

:53:26.:53:30.

it is a change and a change is overdue. Emma Little Pengelly. We

:53:31.:53:33.

need to have a compassionate approach to this and I recognise in

:53:34.:53:38.

all of these situations there is often very tragic circumstances with

:53:39.:53:42.

pain and I don't want to exacerbate that today by talking in political

:53:43.:53:46.

terms in relation to some of those issues but I am pro-life, I think

:53:47.:53:50.

that is the compassionate approach. We do need reform in terms of the

:53:51.:53:58.

law so across the EU the average in terms of termination of pregnancy is

:53:59.:54:02.

12 weeks. It is facilitated in the UK up to 24 weeks and then used to

:54:03.:54:08.

be a serious discussion about bad. I would ask people there if somebody

:54:09.:54:16.

had or did an abortion before the job's due date and it died, should

:54:17.:54:21.

that woman be criminalised? Is that not an appalling act? The Green

:54:22.:54:27.

Party would facilitate the termination of pregnancy bright up

:54:28.:54:32.

until birth. And I find that regressive. I don't have added

:54:33.:54:36.

progressive policy. We need to be compassionate about these things.

:54:37.:54:41.

Have you ever face those circumstances? If you ever facing

:54:42.:54:44.

those circumstances, come back to me and tell me why had to go through

:54:45.:54:48.

that because there seems to be this notion that a pregnant woman will

:54:49.:54:52.

wake up in the morning, has a scratch and wants to go to the pub

:54:53.:55:00.

tonight. Nobody is saying that. I don't need your personal opinion.

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And the question is about abortion law reform, do we need it? If you

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don't feel we need it, you feel we should continue to criminalise women

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with the threat of life imprisonment. I just want to come

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back on that. It is rightly in the sphere of political discussion

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because it is a philosophical discussion, a discussion about when

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life begins. And that is an important issue. It isn't as

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simple... Denied access Michael Henderson. I feel we need a

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change. The constituent came to me, she'd had a baby, she'd been told

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the baby was going to be born dead but she had to carry the baby and

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deliver the baby and it was three months. The doctor couldn't abort

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because the lady was healthy. She suffered in all her family did as

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well and in circumstances like that individual cases should be decided

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on and there should be law to back people up. As it stands, we don't

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have that. I'm going to give a very short response to this. We've heard

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from the six candidates, what's your response? I'm glad Paula Bradshaw

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and Claire Bailey are standing up for women in Northern Ireland. We

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want to drag the policy into the 21st century. Thank you very much

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indeed for joining us. Thanks asking that question.

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Harriet Moore-Boyd, who's a stall holder at St George's.

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My question is very straightforward. We are in an award-winning market

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with lots of lovely food and products, what would each member of

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the panelled shoes as a gift for the other members of the panel? What a

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vast array of choices there are. You have literally ten seconds each,

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starting with Mairtin O Muilleoir. They have a wonderful chocolatey

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here, orange chocolate 's and green meant. I'll take a box of the mint.

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I'm not sure how to answer that. I suppose I would want to give

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everybody on the panel a book. And I've been around the market and

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there are some wonderful things here. Perhaps to read about and

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reflect upon the differences have and how we can overcome that and how

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can work together because I do think that's what people in Northern

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Ireland want us to do. Alasdair McDonnell, you are a regular

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visitor, what would you buy? I am the market's biggest fan and I

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fought hard to sustain it because there was a time when the council

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was going to knock it down. I pay tribute to all the traders here...

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Tell me what you'd buy, stop dodging the question! I'd go to Jim Murdoch

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and died by them a basket of fruit, part of their five day. I'd buy them

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forget-me-nots. Well, I've been eyeing up beautiful plants all

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evening. I'll be back over the weekend to buy myself one. If I had

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the money, I'd buy them all for everyone. I'd be straight over and

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I'd buy everybody a nice wine glass to relax for the weekend. It is all

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made out of beer and wine glasses and they are absolutely fabulous.

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You did very well, no antiques because they are all stuck in the

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past! I'm impressed. Thank you for that.

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That's it from The View for this week.

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Thanks to Belfast City Council and the stall holders

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here at St George's Market for hosting us tonight.

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This time next week, it'll all be over,

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Before that, though, Sunday Politics is at the usual time

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For now, though, from everyone at St George's Market, bye bye.

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This Friday night is the last in the present series of The Blame Game.

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Joining us is comedy superstar John Bishop. That's The Blame Game:

:59:36.:59:40.

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