Social Democratic and Labour Party 25/04/2014

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0:00:10 > 0:00:13These are no ordinary elections.

0:00:13 > 0:00:17We have the choice to move forward decisively and vote for hope,

0:00:17 > 0:00:19ambition and change for the better.

0:00:19 > 0:00:23The SDLP is strongly pro-Europe.

0:00:23 > 0:00:26We oppose leaving the European Union -

0:00:26 > 0:00:29it would see our people, businesses and farmers lose out.

0:00:29 > 0:00:33Northern Ireland has lost ground in Brussels.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35We need strength again in Europe

0:00:35 > 0:00:40with an MEP in the biggest group in the European Parliament,

0:00:40 > 0:00:44with the impact and influence that would bring.

0:00:44 > 0:00:48We need hope again at home. People feel let down.

0:00:48 > 0:00:53Government has failed them. I hear this everywhere.

0:00:53 > 0:00:57As a lead negotiator on Patten and policing, on Haass,

0:00:57 > 0:01:00and as a government minister, being tough, decisive

0:01:00 > 0:01:04and getting things done is how I judge yourself.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08That is what is clearly needed at home and in Europe.

0:01:08 > 0:01:11My values are from my mum and dad

0:01:11 > 0:01:15who taught their five children their responsibility to others.

0:01:15 > 0:01:18Michael Collins, Hume, Mallon, Rodgers and Robert Kennedy

0:01:18 > 0:01:21helped shape me further.

0:01:21 > 0:01:26Now, Orla and I try to instil values in our girls for an equal,

0:01:26 > 0:01:28shared and just future.

0:01:28 > 0:01:33The SDLP believe in a deep accommodation between Unionism

0:01:33 > 0:01:37and Nationalism. We stand with working families and people in need.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40We reject the favouritism

0:01:40 > 0:01:44and elitism evident around government and other parties.

0:01:44 > 0:01:48We seek national reconciliation, based on telling the truth

0:01:48 > 0:01:52of the past and we cherish all of our people,

0:01:52 > 0:01:54born or living here, equally.

0:01:54 > 0:01:57Farming families are our biggest industry,

0:01:57 > 0:02:01yet the opportunities of agri-food are not yet fully grasped.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04Alex Attwood will give us strength again in Europe

0:02:04 > 0:02:06and the SDLP will be stronger at home.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10There is stagnation in our politics. Other parties created it

0:02:10 > 0:02:16and the SDLP can change it, in our new councils and in Europe.

0:02:16 > 0:02:21These are no ordinary elections. Let there be no ordinary outcomes.

0:02:21 > 0:02:26Together we can vote and can shape a politics that is bold

0:02:26 > 0:02:31and hopeful and decisive in the North and in Europe.

0:02:31 > 0:02:34Neart aris san Eoraip.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36Strength again in Europe.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38Vote Attwood.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41Votail SDLP.