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welcome to the programme. we start in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern here in the picture, along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end 30 years of conflict known as the troubles. the current british prime minister, rishi sunak, says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and ....
But i also recognise, as someone who has been a Member Of Parliament for 20 years, that the people i represent also want to see their politicians dealing daily with the bread and butter issues. Is it a danger, as the question suggests, that this is seen as a referendum . I think it is notjust a danger, i think it is a wasted opportunity because people are voting in the election this thursday to choose people who can then go and represent them in westminster, be an effective voice their concerns but also people who will support the Re Establishment of the institutions at stormont which is hugely important and that is the issue that people focus on, and not the issue of the Border Question but it is fed by lazy politicians, not by the public. Jeffrey is right, when you ask people what worries them, what is keeping ....
To balance the books. Expect action when Philip Hammond unveils the contents of the Famous Red Briefcase next wednesday. It has been a big day in Northern Ireland, results being declared in the Northern IrelandAssembly Election. These were pictures from earlier, 7a seats declared not long ago, sinn fein and the dup polling strongly. One developing piece of news, as a result of his party not looking like it will do so well, the Ulster Unionist Party debt mike nesbitt has announced that he will resign leader. He felt he had to ta ke resign leader. He felt he had to take responsibility for the rejection of his partys message and what had ....