the late dup representative for the area. ed edwin poots had paid tribute before that as well and you did as well and i thought it was a very human moment, irrespective of political traditions, you were reaching out there. i suppose a lot of people watching this and looking on will say, why can t politicians in northern ireland do more of this and what is it going to take to get and what is it going to take to get a functioning executive back up and running? a functioning executive back up and runnina ? , ., , a functioning executive back up and runnina ? , .,, ., , running? christopher and i grew up in belfast and running? christopher and i grew up in belfast and working running? christopher and i grew up in belfast and working class - in belfast and working class communities and there are commonalities we shared. often i think that is the politics people don t always see what the media don t always see what the media don t always see what the media don t always shine the light on
of a difficult situation if they want to change the protocol. that was a point want to change the protocol. that was a point that want to change the protocol. that was a point that we want to change the protocol. that was a point that we reflected on yesterday. it is interesting because there will be a majority of politicians elected who either support the protocol or, in the case of the party, they say they can work with those issues within the executive. if we talk about the middle too distant future, what about the immediate future and the prospect for getting a functioning executive it up and running again? maybe this is overoptimistic so i will caution what i m saying with that, but i generally think it s a case of when it comes back, not if. if you look at the unionists at the crossroads, first of all they have various factors making it difficult to get any changes to the protocol and the biggest obstacles are at the british government and part of the irish government by th
functioning executive where we can work in partnership to build a really truly inclusive society and to build on the good friday agreement that we all signed up to 24 agreement that we all signed up to 2a years ago where there is much work to be done on the building of a bill of rights, on creating a really truly inclusive and diverse community where equality is a foundation to the society that we are building here as well. team sinn fein obviously in south belfast, we have really given our vote in the selection and that is i believe in one part due to the hard work that we have done on the ground. i want to thank my team locally in sinn fein and south and east belfast. the many activists who have been out wrapping doors, been on the streets, our elected representatives in the constituency as well who have worked with me over the last few years and to really meet the needs of the constituents and communities in our local community. i also want to
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