the relationships mean much more to you than any stupid pronouncement. nancy pelosi made over the last year from her compound in napa. but still, politics do matter. they re not irrelevant. nancy pelosi s babblings do have an effect on your life. so what defined the politics of 2020 two? well, lying. did. this was the year of lying. the people in charge tell an awful lot of lies. that s what we learned. and we know this for sure because while they are avid and committed liars, they re not very good at it. their lies are amateur ish, obvious, pathetic, sad. and there s something insulting about that. don t take a leak on my boots and tell me it s raining, goes old cowboy phrase. don t tell me something we both know isn t true and expect me to believe it. when you do that, you insult my dignity. you diminish. you treat me like a child. if you re going to tell me a lie, put some effort into it. try something clever, have pride of craftsmanship, don t pull the same old
hello, there. on thursday we are electing a new parliament. voters here will choose 18 new mps. we are live from belfast debating the big talking points that matter to go. joining us. gavin robinson, the leader of the dup. we invited the leader of the dup. we invited the sinn fein leader and the party tonight is represented by chris hazzard. colum eastwood is a leader of the sdlp and the leader of the alliance party is naomi long. and we also invited the of the ulster unionists, the deputy leader, robbie butler, completes the line up. on the order they are positioned in was determined by the drawing of lots. the questions come from our studio audience. largely made up of grassroots party supporters from across all parties standing in northern ireland. we also have a number of undecided voters. at home, join the discussion on social media. a hashtag is #bbcnidebate. i should point out the team of bbc news correspondents are fact checking this debate on the news nite website. l