now, tax experts tell us there are grounds to investigate companies connected with mr barrowman for fraud. | doug loves fine art, fast cars, i and the better things in life. there s no consequences for him. he s just going to keep doing it again and again. so will doug barrowman now face more scrutiny by hmrc? also tonight. nurses, teachers, civil servants, train drivers, midwives, all in their tens of thousands, strike in northern ireland where, without government at stormont, pay is falling behind the rest of the uk. we ll ask the dup s gregory campbell mp why, with the midnight deal for a powersharing agreement looming tonight, his party is still dead against? and to sinn fein sjohn o dowd is the good friday agreement now under threat? beijing calls taiwan s new president, william lai, a trouble maker and a dangerous separatist . his new de facto ambassador to the uk gives newsnight his first interview. we are working to make sure that china believes the cost is going
Ireland. that wasn t a big issue on the doorsteps for sinn fein, plus the doorsteps for sinn fein, plus the fact there is only a british secretary of state that can call a border poll and it will only call that when it appears there is majority support for united ireland within northern ireland and we are not at that stage yet, notwithstanding sinn fein does make good election results. john notwithstanding sinn fein does make good election results. good election results. john 0 dowd said last night. good election results. john 0 dowd said last night, called good election results. john 0 dowd said last night, called on good election results. john 0 dowd said last night, called on brandon l said last night, called on brandon lewis to publish the criteria for a border poll but as we had from the conservative party chairman earlier on it doesn t look like that will be happening anytime soon. and then the message from jonathan buckley of the dup, divided unionism cannot win elections
The eu flexibly address those within the eu flexibly address those within the broad parameters that there is an international agreement but we need to make it work so that both communities plus the unaligned alliance can get back into power. john o dowd of sinn fein has been saying this morning that brandon lewis should now publish the criteria for a border poll. i spoke to mary lou mcdonald the leader of sinn fein yesterday and iso about what her framework was timewise for a broader pull on the question of a united ireland and she said within a decade and she personally fought within five years so what you think on that point. to think that brandon lewis should the framework? weill. lewis should the framework? well, look on the lewis should the framework? well, look on the good lewis should the framework? well, look on the good friday lewis should the framework? -ii look on the good friday agreement is very clear that it is ambiguous around those issues and, by the way, there is
Choosing a date for that. let s go to magherafelt and listen to the declaration there. john to magherafelt and listen to the declaration there. , ., ,, declaration there. john o dowd, sinn fein. applause fein. applause jonathan - fein. applause | jonathan buckley, fein. applause jonathan buckley, democratic unionist jonathan buckley, democratic unionist party. jonathan buckley, democratic unionist party. jonathan buckley, democratic unionist party. cheering and applause diane dodds, democratic unionist party party. doug i party. - doug beattie, party. doug beattie, ulster unionist party. dou- beattie, ulster unionist party. doug beattie, ulster unionist party. and owen doug beattie, ulster unionist party. and owen tennyson, doug beattie, ulster unionist party. and owen tennyson, alliance. - doug beattie, ulster unionist party. i and owen tennyson, alliance. thank you. thank you. firstly, i would like to thank the returning officer and or the counter staff for the work
That titles in this place mean something, of course they do come in first is more important than deputy first is more important than deputy first so sinn fein have had a pretty good election with huge first preference vote. we re still waiting to see the final number of seats but we are in that period of change and in that period of change i think it is going to be even more difficult to put stormont back together again when the counting on the selection finishes. . ~ ., ,., when the counting on the selection finishes. . ~ ., ,, finishes. talking about sinn fein, the -a finishes. talking about sinn fein, the party leader finishes. talking about sinn fein, the party leader mary finishes. talking about sinn fein, the party leader mary lou - finishes. talking about sinn fein, i the party leader mary lou mcdonald said yesterday when asked about the timeframe for a referendum aboard apollo on the question of irish unity and she talked about a decade and said her personal view was it coul