0:00:19 > 0:00:21The old sectarian politics have held Northern Ireland
0:00:21 > 0:00:24back for too long.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26The Northern Ireland Conservatives, and Mark Brotherston,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the candidate for the European elections,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32believe that the day of the old politics is long gone.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Mark believes passionately, as do I, that trade and the free market
0:00:37 > 0:00:40offer great promise to the people of Northern Ireland.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44It is our chance to join the world leaders in innovation,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46manufacturing and business.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50For that to happen we have to leave the old politics behind.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53We have got to look to the future.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Mark Brotherston
0:00:54 > 0:00:57is going to be a new voice for Northern Ireland in Europe,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01telling investors very clearly that the old politics
0:01:01 > 0:01:04of sectarianism are over, state dependency is over
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and Northern Ireland is open for business.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Northern Ireland needs real change in Europe,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16change which the Assembly parties simply can't deliver.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18At these European elections, there is
0:01:18 > 0:01:20a new party with a different approach.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The NI Conservatives are proudly Northern Irish
0:01:23 > 0:01:25but we are not defined by orange or green.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I am the only candidate,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31though I will be part of a strong team of Conservative MEPs
0:01:31 > 0:01:33with the power to deliver change in Europe
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and a referendum on our EU membership.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39At home, our long-term economic plan is working,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43with 36,000 more people in work in Northern Ireland since 2010.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46That is 36,000 people with a job
0:01:46 > 0:01:48to provide for their families.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51A stronger economy brings renewed respect abroad,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53as we fight for change in Europe.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55We have already delivered change.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00We vetoed a new EU fiscal treaty that didn't guarantee a level
0:02:00 > 0:02:03playing field for Northern Ireland businesses.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We took Northern Ireland out of the eurozone bail-outs,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09we cut the EU budget for the first time in history,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12saving Northern Irish taxpayers millions of pounds.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Meanwhile, the parties in Stormont
0:02:15 > 0:02:18are sending hundreds of thousands of pounds back to Europe
0:02:18 > 0:02:21because they can't agree how to spend it.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Unlike them, I will stand up for Northern Ireland as part
0:02:24 > 0:02:28of a strong team of Conservative MEPs.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30We will renegotiate our EU membership
0:02:30 > 0:02:34and hold an in/out referendum in 2017.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38At these European elections, we have the chance for real change.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Let's make that change by voting NI Conservatives.