Where everyone is, you know, there is this sort of power sharing system and everyone has to agree on everything to make it work. and it s impossible to get everyone to agree on everything, to make anything work. you re lebanese. what does all this make you feel about your country? extremely sad, extremely sad and very disappointed because i know my country. i know that there are lots of potential in this country and i know that people who leave the country are successful in so many parts of the world. and i know there is so much potential in this country. you talk about all the external influences. i mean, one of the really serious ones is, of course, the war in syria and lebanon having to take in so many refugees. lebanon has taken in around one million syrian refugees. and if you count the lebanese population living in lebanon, you will get around three to four million lebanese people inside lebanon.
They just, you know, even children at home, they arrange their plans, what to watch on tv, depending on what time they will have electricity or not, because this is, you know, this is the daily routine for everyone. and it has been routine for a very long time, and now it s getting worse. so i was saying that, you know, to go back to your question, this is a country where there is a huge variety of religions, where everyone is, you know, there is this sort of power sharing system and everyone has to agree on everything to make it work. and it s impossible to get everyone to agree on everything, to make anything work. you re lebanese. what does all this make you feel about your country? extremely sad, extremely sad and very disappointed because i know my country. i know that there are lots of potential in this country and i know that people who leave the country are successful in so many parts of the world. and i know there is so much
European union. so i expect the european union. so i expect the european union. so i expect the european union would take pretty radical action on the trade front, notjust trade in goods but services and in other areas to remind the uk that you want to have global britain you must have a britain that is trusted, a britain that breaks agreements that it has endorsed not only in parliament but in a general election because of the opinion of the minority in one part of the uk, thatis the minority in one part of the uk, that is not a britain that is to be trusted. ,., , ., , trusted. the power-sharing system set u- trusted. the power-sharing system set on under trusted. the power-sharing system set up under the trusted. the power-sharing system set up under the good friday - set up under the good friday agreement guarantees that people from the two main communities in northern ireland that their opinions are respected. finally and briefly, do you have any innovative ideas about how t
President michelle 0 neill in line to become the first ever irish nationalist to hold the first minister s position in northern ireland. now aside from the battle as to who comes out on top, the other issues prominent in this campaign have included the rising cost of living and the health service. northern ireland presently has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far. but there s serious doubt as to whether a devolved government will be formed at all after this election. under the power sharing system, both the biggest unionist and the biggest nationalist party have to agree to go into coalition and the dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson has said his party will be staying out of government unless the brexit trade border with england, scotland and wales is scrapped. whenever it comes to the overall picture, while there is no doubt a shift towards sinn fein and away from unionism would be a significant moment for northern ireland. however, the offices of first and deputy first m
The other issues prominent in this campaign have included the rising cost of living and the health service. northern ireland presently has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far. but there s serious doubt as to whether a devolved government will be formed at all after this election. under the power sharing system, both the biggest unionist and the biggest nationalist party have to agree to go into coalition and the dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson has said his party will be staying out of government unless the brexit trade border with england, scotland and wales is scrapped. whenever it comes to the overall picture, while there is no doubt a shift towards sinn fein and away from unionism would be a significant moment for northern ireland. however, the offices of first and deputy first minister are legally equal so other party say it doesn t matter who wins this election. in any case, this ballot will be critical for the very future of devolution in northern ireland and also