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Are you OK? You look sleepy. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
I seem to have been asleep for a very, very long time. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
Would you like to come in and get a coffee? | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
-Aye, OK. -Go on ahead. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
Come on. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
-Am I at some Unionist place? -Yes. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
How's David Trimble getting on as First Minister? | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
Er...gosh, you have been asleep for a long time. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
I'm afraid David Trimble isn't First Minister any more. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
Why not? | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
Well, the DUP didn't like him sharing power with the SDLP, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
so they pretty much forced him out. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
Gosh. Who took over? | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
Ian Paisley and the DUP. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
I bet you they didn't share power with the SDLP. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
No, they shared power with Sinn Fein. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
They were nicknamed "The Chuckle Brothers". | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
The Chuckle Brothers? | 0:01:19 | 0:01:20 | |
They actually seemed to get along quite well together. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:24 | |
Sadly, Ian Paisley passed away a few years ago. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
That's sad. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
Wasn't Peter Robinson his deputy? | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
Surely he didn't share...? | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
So, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness were in charge? | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
Well, Peter Robinson's actually left elected politics. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
-What happened to him? -Phew...well... | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
Erm...well...that's...that's... | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
The thing is...it's... | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
It-It's complicated. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
It's complicated. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
Anyway, after he left, we were promised a fresh start | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
by Martin McGuinness and Arlene Foster. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:55 | |
Arlene Foster? So, she's leading the Ulster Unionists. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
No. She left them in protest at the Belfast Agreement. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
And now she's First Minister and sharing power with Sinn Fein? | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
More or less. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:07 | |
You see, Martin McGuinness has just resigned - | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
his resignation meant Arlene had to go, too. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
It's a joint office. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:13 | |
So what happened to the Ulster Unionists? | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
Well, Mike Nesbitt's leading them now. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
He's building a new, strong team. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:18 | |
Mike Nesbitt? | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
Isn't that the same guy that done | 0:02:20 | 0:02:21 | |
the political interviews on the television? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
Yeah, well, the world changes, | 0:02:23 | 0:02:24 | |
and he's recruiting people from all walks of life. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
I'm not surprised - sounds like Northern Ireland needs changing. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
You are absolutely right there. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
And it has to start at Stormont, | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
with an executive populated by parties who WANT to share power. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:41 | |
Then you can have a union and a unity of purpose | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
for the common good for all the people of Northern Ireland. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
The people were promised a fresh start, | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
which actually turned out to be a false start, | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
and the problem is there's no chemistry between the leadership, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
and it's the same in any walk of life - | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
politics, business, families. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
You'll get on better when you get along with people | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
and yes, of course, particularly in politics, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
it can be a bit of a stretch. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:07 | |
And do you know, if we don't do it, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
we are doomed to more of the same old, same old. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
-Like what? -Failure. There's been too much failure. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
Disappointments, debacles, scandals, false starts and broken promises. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
There's been incompetence, there's been arrogance, | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
even allegations of corruption. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
And that's why we think it's time to change. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
We still educate our children separately, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
our health service is broken | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
and we have a severely challenged economy | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
and, on top of all that, one of the biggest financial scandals ever, | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
over a wood-pellet renewable heating scheme. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
That's what your holding in your hand, by the way - | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
you couldn't make it up. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
What do you mean? | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
Well, the DUP-Sinn Fein executive | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
were paying people £160 | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
for every £100 of those pellets that they burned. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
The projected overspend is half a billion pounds, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
or £85,000 a day. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
It's nicknamed "cash for ash". | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
You're joking! | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
And that's what brought the Assembly down? | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
Well, it was the big straw that broke the camel's back. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
We cannot go on like this. But we don't have to. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
In the time it takes to pop down to the shops, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
you can become another vote for change, | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
and that's what I would like you to do. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
So, on March 2nd, I am asking you to vote Ulster Unionist | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
and I promise this - | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
if enough of you do, I will deliver a new, dynamic Stormont. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:45 | |
Thank you. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 |