deliver for you so let's have an alternative and the alternative has to be not one party but one unionist party and one nationalist party so that was ourselves and the s.-t. o.-p. and when i looked at colm eastwood when he took over the s.e.l.p. i heard him saying what i was saying which was we need to make northern ireland work and when i sat on and spoke to him it was the same measurements the quality of the health service the education system the infrastructure and prosperity so i find a lot of common ground politically with calm and given the fact that we have this mandatory coalition that we're in to par sharing is the only way to go forward that was a proposition to put to the people maybe it was 2 years too early which is one of the messages of the christian selection in terms of northern ireland and for that matter of the federally election in the republic is that the people wanted more attention to mange of nothing as would sales go on the bread and butter issues the health service nor now of the housing crisis in the republic what do you take from that if that was the message that the

i'm a mess but assemblyman former leader of the also unionist party the assembly is back in business what's going on that storm again changes afoot the election in the republic. the breaks that settlement bring on board the the i.c.c. what's your reading of how that's going to impact on the medium term a normal the only certainty i think is that the old certainties have gone things have changed tremendously alex i mean if you contrast the visit of pope john paul the 2nd in 79 when over a 1000000 came tonight to a mass and the more recent visit of pope francis where to my mind when one greeted him here furtively surge of holiness are really really welcome but don't be touching anything because it's not yours anymore you know and 100 years removed i think we look back and say that the old unionist battle cry of home rule was room rule had a certain validity but that validity has gone and in the same way that northern ireland was created to have a protestant majority that has gone to we are a minority we are a country of minorities and it's not even a question in some unions quarters of

i might notice but assemblyman former leader fell so unionist party the assemblies back in business and what's going on that storm again changes afoot the election of the republic. the. settlement putting a borderland in the i.c.c. it was sure a reading of how that's going to impact on the meacham time and on the only certainty i think is that the old certainties have gone. things have changed tremendously alex i mean if you contrast the visit of pope john paul the 2nd in 79 when over a 1000000 came tonight to about us and the more recent visit of pope francis where to my mind when one t. shirt for a greater than here furtively surge of holiness are really really welcome but don't be touching anything because it's not yours anymore you know and 100 years removed i think we look back and say that the old unionist battle cry of home rule was room rule had a certain validity but that validity has gone and in the same way that northern ireland was created to have a protestant majority that has gone to we are a minority we are a country of minorities and it's not even a question in some unio

not as bad as you might have expected shin fein and the democratic unionist party are in power share power in the main parties and the power sharing administration notion fane call down the last administration because arlene foster wouldn't step aside after this base for a cash for irish business to iraq did what they softened their approach and went back into ministration with them a short time ago and this report now because it it says it was more of a cock up than a conspiracy it's not going to result in an impostor being driven out of office so it's not going to affect the life of the power sharing administration as far as we can say they're going to broaden talking organon and politics with us thank you for your time sir to appreciate it thank you. now a quarter malawi has granted bail to 3 activists accused of planning anti government protests there were months of demonstrations against president paid a moderate has disputed reelection last year our reporters from priyanka gupta. these scenes are guaranteed to pile more pressure on the levees president. of the country's leading

unionist. this time they didn't happen unless you -- i mean, you can regard the alliance party as a very soft unionist party, but essentially the alliance par party -- actually, most of the divide was about brexit, and the point is the two people were elected who were totally against brexit or certainly totally against a hard crash of brexit versus one on the -- so arguably things are getting a little bit more fluid, and of course northern ireland now divides demographically between, you know, catholic and protestant. they're both over 40, heading towards 45%, but then there is a significant sort of new immigrant population but also people who don't strongly identify as either and that in certain instances, belfast city council can actually swing things, you know, where there's a reasonable decision to be taken versus an unreasonable one, so as i say, i think the fronts -- now, you see one of the things -- i mean, the great cry back 100 years ago was that home rule would be rome rule. this is why al ster unionists were opposed to it. now, of course, you have a situation where things like same-sex marr

unionist. this time they didn't unless you regard the alliance party as a soft unionist party, but the alliance party are actually -- most of the divide is about brexit. the point is that two people were elected that were totally against brexit or against a hard crash out, so arguably things are getting more fluid, and of course northern ireland now divides to both over 40 when you're going towards 45%, and then there is a significant sort of new -- they identify as certain instances from the bellfast city council they can swing things, there is a reasonable decision to be taken. i think the fronts -- now you see, one of the things, i mean it is a great cry back 100 years ago, this is why the unionists -- now of course you have a situation where things like same sex marriage, even a moderate form of abortion have been legislated for in the republic and they're not legislated in northern ireland. so the new cry from someone in south bellfast is we could not have anything to do with the republic because it has become a either -- heathan place. >> could you stand up, please, maybe? >> my apologies