political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again come row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guess is someone whose life and career is based on your refusal to take sides in the political battle to stop it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyal as parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in the uk ought instead to be united with the rest of ireland. but does she and her party really represent anything more than simply none of the above? naomi long, from belfast, welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you everfind welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you e
community, to stand up to the threats which they undoubtedly were, of violence. yourfamily, unlike many in northern ireland, had i think nodirect consequences from the troubles, but you do remember as a young girl the experience of watching other people go through this sort of tragedy. i watching other people go through this sort of tragedy. this sort of tragedy. i remember i was very involved this sort of tragedy. i remember i was very involved with this sort of tragedy. i remember i was very involved with the - this sort of tragedy. i remember i was very involved with the girl- was very involved with the girl guides, and i was and the gang show and the opera house. there was a big group of us are performing, and we had had a really good run that week, and the saturday night performance was a special performance, because we were going to be joined was a special performance, because we were going to bejoined by lady cecily gibson, who was the chief guide in northern ireland, her h