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BBC Northern Ireland's weekly politics programme. Presented by @MarkCarruthers7. Also posts on #SundayPolitics & #BBCRedLines ▪️Email: [email protected]
Joined September 2012
You can catch the entire programme on @BBCiPlayer or it will be repeated on @BBCTwoNI at 11:20 this evening.
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"A really important market for Northern Ireland." @Big_Kells from @ManufacturingNI tells @MarkCarruthers7 manufacturing companies in the @midulster_mega are concerned about the implications of tariffs that @realDonaldTrump may introduce...
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"There needs to be a conversation between union leaders and membership." @petermartindup tells @MarkCarruthers7 that teachers and their unions need to be on the same page before coming back to negotiate with the Education Minister @paulgivan
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"I would urge everyone to get back around the table." @NickDMathison tells @MarkCarruthers7 that the Education Minister @paulgivan and the teaching unions need to continue to talk to try and resolve the pay stand-off...
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"We have been making this point for years." Jacquie White from @UTU_edu tells @MarkCarruthers7 that the union is behind teachers who have turned down the latest pay deal because of a lack of change in working conditions...
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"The simple fact of the matter is the UK is broke." Former Downing Street official Tom Kelly tells @MarkCarruthers7 that Northern Ireland has lost credibility with Westminster in general. #BBCTheView
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"The days of getting something for nothing are over." @LeeReynoldsUKNI tells @MarkCarruthers7 that Stormont needs to start delivering for people...
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"We can't just curse the darkness, you have to start lighting some candles." @ClaireHanna tells @MarkCarruthers7 that politicians need to try and work with what they have...
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"I think the secretary of state was about a metre high and a mile wide in his statement." What happens to the health service if this does develop into a staring contest between Stormont and Westminster? @MarkCarruthers7 asks @RobbieButlerMLA
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"It's disingenuous from the Secretary of State." @SorchaEastwood tells @MarkCarruthers7 that public services in Northern Ireland won't be able to be reformed with the current money on the table...
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"We might have a change of tie but we don't have a change in policy." The secretary of state Hilary Benn issued a challenge to the Stormont Executive to reform Northern Ireland's public services @ChrisHazzardSF tells @MarkCarruthers7 he finds his attitude pompous. #BBCTheView
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There’s no repeat of #SundayPolitics this week but you can catch up anytime on @BBCiPlayer 🔘Finance Minister @CArchibald_SF 🔘@CAJNi’s Daniel Holder 🔘Irish News’ @politicsIN @MarkCarruthers7
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"There are questions being asked.... I think it is important that there is full transparency." Finance Minister @CArchibald_SF anticipates that Education Minister @paulgivan will be a facing questions in the Assembly about a £710,000 grant to Lisneal College.
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Finance Minister @CArchibald_SF says she's confident that the Stormont Executive will deliver a balanced budget this year. She paid tribute to all her Executive colleagues. #SundayPolitics | @MarkCarruthers7
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