Northern Ireland Assembly Election: 03/02/2017

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0:00:15 > 0:00:20Well, here we are again, in a place we didn't expect or want to be.

0:00:20 > 0:00:22It's bleak and uncertain.

0:00:22 > 0:00:27At one level, farcical, but also completely frustrating.

0:00:27 > 0:00:30Yet again, a Stormont government collapses.

0:00:30 > 0:00:35It has happened time and time again under the UUP and SDLP

0:00:35 > 0:00:37and now the DUP and Sinn Fein.

0:00:37 > 0:00:39But do you know what?

0:00:39 > 0:00:41While we didn't choose to be here,

0:00:41 > 0:00:44it actually gives you an opportunity -

0:00:44 > 0:00:47a chance to make change for good.

0:00:47 > 0:00:52A chance to take a stand against the scandals of RHI, Nama,

0:00:52 > 0:00:55Red Sky and links to paramilitaries.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57A chance to say, "Enough is enough,"

0:00:57 > 0:01:00to the scandal of division that holds us back -

0:01:00 > 0:01:03division that costs us more per year

0:01:03 > 0:01:06than all of these other scandals put together.

0:01:06 > 0:01:11Division that won't go away if we keep voting orange or green.

0:01:11 > 0:01:15This is our chance to really change that -

0:01:15 > 0:01:19to vote for people who will bring us together and make us stronger.

0:01:19 > 0:01:25If we use this opportunity wisely, we can transform our broken politics

0:01:25 > 0:01:29so the people who got us into this mess can never do it again.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32This is your opportunity,

0:01:32 > 0:01:35maybe the best, and perhaps the only one

0:01:35 > 0:01:37we'll get for a generation,

0:01:37 > 0:01:41to change our politics into something honest, open,

0:01:41 > 0:01:44responsible, respectful and hardworking.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47Change for good -

0:01:47 > 0:01:50good public services that deliver for you,

0:01:50 > 0:01:51for everyone.

0:01:51 > 0:01:53Transforming health care,

0:01:53 > 0:01:57integrating education and delivering a safer, more inclusive community.

0:01:57 > 0:02:01Good job prospects with more and better opportunities.

0:02:01 > 0:02:06Good government that's open, honest, accountable and progressive.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09No more corruption, no more cronyism,

0:02:09 > 0:02:13no more incompetence - just good leadership.

0:02:13 > 0:02:17This is a golden opportunity to turn things around,

0:02:17 > 0:02:20to get the sort of politics YOU want,

0:02:20 > 0:02:23to elect responsible, proven leadership,

0:02:23 > 0:02:26to put an end to the pettiness, squabbling,

0:02:26 > 0:02:30corruption and division that's destroying our public services

0:02:30 > 0:02:33and eroding public trust.

0:02:33 > 0:02:36But you need to grasp this opportunity.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39You need to vote.

0:02:43 > 0:02:47Together, we can change Northern Ireland...for good.