0:00:10 > 0:00:11Hello, again.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15It's hard to believe another election is happening so soon.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17And even harder to believe the direction in which the UK and
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Northern Ireland is being taken.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The Government, supported by some local MPs,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25is heading towards a recklessly hard Brexit,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27putting up barriers between us and the rest of Europe.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Looking inward and backward.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Threatening the way in which we live, learn, work and trade.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38The wrong direction for the whole of the UK, but particularly bad for us.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Meanwhile, other parties are risking devolution,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44endangering our public services like health and education.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Again, political leaders who are looking inward and backward,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50instead of outward and forward.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55More interested in winning tribal headcounts than delivering for you.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58So, although you're probably as fed up as we are,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02this election gives you a really important opportunity.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04An opportunity to change direction.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06To say enough is enough.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09To set a new course.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11To tell Westminster and Stormont
0:01:11 > 0:01:13to turn away from the politics of division,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16towards politics that brings people together,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19celebrates diversity and offers hope.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21That's our kind of politics.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Alliance exists to change the direction of our society,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29towards a society where your needs, not party interests, come first.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Towards a society that engages positively with our nearest
0:01:33 > 0:01:35neighbours and the rest of the world.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Towards a progressive, vibrant and prosperous community,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41that looks forward and outward.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44That's the direction that Alliance wants to go.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48It's why we promoted power-sharing long before anyone else.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51And perhaps why the only Executives that lasted the full term
0:01:51 > 0:01:53were those with Alliance ministers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57It's why, when we elected our first MP, their record of representing
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Northern Ireland at Westminster exceeded every other local party.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06It's why we are determined to oppose a recklessly hard Brexit, and
0:02:06 > 0:02:10to protect Northern Ireland from the irreversible damage that will cause.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13And it's why in the last election,
0:02:13 > 0:02:18the Alliance vote increased by 50%, growing faster than any other party.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Attracting votes from more people and places than for decades.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27So, if, like them, you want this place to change direction,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30then vote in the direction of progressive politics.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33In the direction of a shared, prosperous,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35outward and forward-looking Northern Ireland.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39In the direction of positive engagement with Europe and beyond,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and of a Stormont that delivers for you.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46On 8 June, vote to change direction.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Vote Alliance.