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Power—sharing government is also a question because during the brexit negotiations, during the negotiations, during the negotiations on the windsor framework, there is not a functioning executive and there are still lots of loose ends. i sit on the house of lords protocol committee on this whole question, on the plane out of the irish political sign in the exit dealer by boris johnson and then disowned and the windsor framework which has updated it. there are lots of issues where the detail is...

That there are very real problems. health problems, cost of living problems, real poverty problems, and disillusionment with the problems. in comparison to what i remember of the violence, of the fullness of waking up to yet another terrible killing, terrible bombing, terrible, savage, awfulness. going to belfast now, going to derry as i have done over the years and quite recently, you dont even know youre crossing the border, and there is a sense of real possibilities. it should be better, it w...

Are currently without a functioning executive. thank you. british steel has announced plans to close its coking ovens in scunthorpe, with the loss of up to 260 jobs. the companys chinese owners say theyve faced significant challenges because of high inflation and energy costs. unions say the move will be �*devastating for scunthorpe and british steel workers across the uk. our correspondent crispin rolfe is in scunthorpe. speu spell out what this means for the region? spell out what this means...

Put in place to deal with the protocol, not have the so—called hard border on the island of ireland through a digital means, through trusted traders, through small business exemptions. they were dismissed as being unicorn ideas. now some of those unicorn ideas are coming back. would northern ireland be better governed right now if there was a functioning executive and assembly, versus what is currently happening? well, on the 7th of february, the house of lords is going to look at the northern...

Ideas are coming back. would northern ireland be better governed right now if there was a functioning executive and assembly, versus what is currently happening? well, on the 7th of february, the house of lords is going to look at the northern ireland budget debate and thats something that should be in the northern ireland assembly at this point. i know, im asking you quite a straightforward question, though, about the principle of how northern ireland is governed. now, i take the point that, yo...

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To try— and others, party leaders and so on, to try and _ and others, party leaders and so on, to try and find a way of avoiding that scenario and establishing a functioning executive and assembly. we know _ functioning executive and assembly. we know what the different parties said. there are legitimate concerns in every— said. there are legitimate concerns in every political party in northern ireland _ in every political party in northern ireland that need to be addressed and i_ ireland th...

Back pocket to try and break the deadlock. this is preventing a functioning executive being formed in northern ireland which is in detriment to the people in ulster because many of the initiatives which the executive should be bringing forward, many of the ways it can assist companies are being held back if we do not have a functioning government in northern ireland. ., , ., ., ireland. one more question, away from the northern _ ireland. one more question, away from the northern ireland - irela...

That is an absolute nonsense, the dup know that. what they wanted from brexit, however, was a hard border on the island of ireland and they are now disgruntled that instead they got what i think was always logically going to be the outcome, and that was additional friction in trade between gb and northern ireland. i believe that friction can be reduced, but scaling this up to be reduced, but scaling this up to be a constitutional crisis is an absolute nonsense. the real constitutional crisis is ...

Servants deliver those public services. . ~ servants deliver those public services. ., ~ , ., ., servants deliver those public services. ., ., services. thank you for your time toda . the democratic unionist party has confirmed it will stop the northern irish assembly from sitting at stormont, by refusing to elect a speaker. under power—sharing rules the speaker requires cross community backing. the power—sharing devolved government is due to meet today for the first time since sinn fein rep...