Northern Ireland Assembly Election: 02/02/2017

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0:00:12 > 0:00:13We are living through

0:00:13 > 0:00:15massive political change.

0:00:16 > 0:00:17It hasn't been easy watching.

0:00:17 > 0:00:19We will build a great wall along...

0:00:21 > 0:00:25Old certainties we once thought permanent are no more.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30Values we once took for granted are under threat.

0:00:30 > 0:00:34Institutions we once believed stable are now at risk.

0:00:36 > 0:00:39Now, more than ever, we need change that can unite us,

0:00:39 > 0:00:41rather than divide us.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44We need change that puts an end to the old battles of identity

0:00:44 > 0:00:48and replaces it with a new battle for ideas.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50But to make that change happen,

0:00:50 > 0:00:54we need to turn our anger into action and, to do that,

0:00:54 > 0:00:57we need to come out and vote on the 2nd of March.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Scandals have plagued this government,

0:01:00 > 0:01:02from the renewable heat incentive,

0:01:02 > 0:01:05to the DUP's links with NAMA,

0:01:05 > 0:01:07to using taxpayer's money

0:01:07 > 0:01:10to fund loyalist paramilitaries.

0:01:11 > 0:01:14Millions of pounds has been siphoned off to paramilitaries

0:01:14 > 0:01:17posing as community workers.

0:01:17 > 0:01:19Tens of millions of pounds has gone up in smoke,

0:01:19 > 0:01:22as a result of the renewable heat incentive scandal -

0:01:22 > 0:01:25a scheme devised by Arlene Foster.

0:01:25 > 0:01:30You have the chance to change all of that in this election.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32You have the chance to put honesty and integrity

0:01:32 > 0:01:35back in the centre of political life.

0:01:35 > 0:01:38Vote SDLP - make change happen.

0:01:40 > 0:01:44Brexit not only threatens jobs and our economy,

0:01:44 > 0:01:48it also threatens a return of border crossings between North and South.

0:01:48 > 0:01:52This passport represents my Irish and European citizenship.

0:01:52 > 0:01:56We're the only party that are representing the 56%

0:01:56 > 0:01:58of those who voted to Remain.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00We will fight against a hard border.

0:02:00 > 0:02:04We will fight to secure special EU status

0:02:04 > 0:02:08and we will fight to support those EU citizens living here.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11Northern Ireland is being left behind

0:02:11 > 0:02:14when it comes to winning equality for all our people.

0:02:15 > 0:02:18Some in our government talk about equality,

0:02:18 > 0:02:20but have delivered nothing.

0:02:21 > 0:02:24For the SDLP, equality isn't just a slogan for an election poster.

0:02:24 > 0:02:27It has to be about government delivery.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29That means supporting families back into work,

0:02:29 > 0:02:30with affordable childcare,

0:02:30 > 0:02:32and it means finally delivering for the thousands of women

0:02:32 > 0:02:35who are being denied their full state pension.

0:02:35 > 0:02:37And it means that 2017 is the year that Northern Ireland

0:02:37 > 0:02:40finally gets full equal civil marriage.

0:02:40 > 0:02:44It also means finally delivering on an Irish Language Act.

0:02:44 > 0:02:48Ciallionn se sa deire thiar thall Acht na Gaeilge a chur i gcrith.

0:02:48 > 0:02:51Dean an difir a iarraidh - votail SDLP.

0:02:52 > 0:02:54So you have a choice.

0:02:54 > 0:02:57You can vote for parties that can't work together,

0:02:57 > 0:02:59that don't want to work together,

0:02:59 > 0:03:01or you can vote for parties

0:03:01 > 0:03:02that DO want to work together,

0:03:02 > 0:03:06that actually enjoy working together.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09Every election, people like me tell you that this

0:03:09 > 0:03:13is a very important election and that you have to come out and vote.

0:03:13 > 0:03:17And I understand your frustration with the politics of today,

0:03:17 > 0:03:19and of the last 10 and 15 years,

0:03:19 > 0:03:21but let me tell you this -

0:03:21 > 0:03:23this IS an important election.

0:03:23 > 0:03:26This IS a chance to make a change.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29But you can't do it by sitting at home.

0:03:29 > 0:03:32You have to come out and make your voice heard.

0:03:33 > 0:03:35I'm asking you to do that.

0:03:35 > 0:03:39To make that change, by voting SDLP.

0:03:43 > 0:03:47Search online for Social Democratic and Labour Party.