at a single university to one of the biggest internet platforms in the world today. hello, it s laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and it s chris in belfast. i just think it s absolutely fabulous to see you on this in a way, you two created the newscast. there were others involved. there were katya and adam are dearfriends, yes. does it all come back to you? because brexit was one of the big dividing lines in the whole of northern ireland. that s why you re there, chris. yeah, true. yeah, no, absolutely. and actually, the last couple of days covering this story here and then in london before it did take me back, in fact, at one point i was talking to katya on the television and it really took me back to the brexit days of trying to, particularly as far as the northern ireland element of the story is concerned, untangle which is what all of this has been about the complexities of northern ireland politics and the complexities of brexit. throw those two together
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to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
Is a major question. the dup pulled out of power sharing in february in opposition to the protocol, and they have said they will not go back into power without amendments to that protocol, and unionists would find it difficult to share power with sinn fein, so it could be a major step in that direction, but sinn fein has been playing that down in this campaign, saying that it is about local issues, about the cost of living, energy prices, and this is not the time to determine northern ireland s constitutional position, but certainly major issues at play, a complicated system, proportional representation means it takes a while to work out how the seats are shared amongst the parties, and one thing to look out for, turnout will be down in five years ago, estimates last night were that it was around 54% before the polls closed. it may be a bit up from that, but below the 65% of
2017, which may favour the cross community parties, we may see them doing better, an indication of the old divide is being thrown off by some of the younger electorate here in northern ireland, as people focus on other issues, not determined by the old issues of whether northern ireland is part of the union or part of a united ireland. but it is not a question that people are looking out for, potentially taking a step towards, if sinn fein do come out on top. what is the mood? you outlined very comprehensively the issue of power sharing, because when i listened and watched the debate with the party leaders in northern ireland earlier in the week, jeffrey donaldson, the dup, would not be committed to saying he would go back into unless and the northern ireland protocol that guides the trading arrangements as part of the brexit