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Let s talk to lynsey blea kley and david lynas, two small business owners in northern ireland, about how the continuing political tension is affecting their livelihoods. thank you both forjoining us. i wanted to start with you, lynsey, you run a luxury cake making business, so talk me through what it has been like, not having an assembly, how has it affected your life? ., ~ assembly, how has it affected your life? . ~ i. , assembly, how has it affected your life? . ~ , . ., ., life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i run life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i run a - life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i run a luxury i me on this morning. i run a luxury bakery, and i were hand made brownies and personalised biscuits are delivered across the uk and ireland, so we are in an unusual position, being based here i ....
Substantial piece of baking equipment, and we cannot get it in northern ireland, only at an elevated price, and we couldn t get anybody in england to send it across to us. so while the rules apply to us that we can send freely, people can t send freely to us, which is having a big effect on our business. the rules of the eu seem to be applying to us in some ways, but the rules from the mainland are also applying to us, so we are in a bit ofa applying to us, so we are in a bit of a sticky wicket from both angles. david, you own a coffee shop and cafe comedy branches on the north coast, what has life been like for you? coast, what has life been like for ou? , ., ., ., coast, what has life been like for ou? , ., . ., , you? yes, good morning, great to be with ou. you? yes, good morning, great to be with you very you? yes, good morning, great to be with you. very similar you? yes, good morning, great to be with you. very similar to you? yes, good morning, great to be with you. very si ....
We shouldn t have to. we shouldn t have to. david, looking at our we shouldn t have to. david, looking at your business, we shouldn t have to. david, looking at your business, i we shouldn t have to. david, looking at your business, i know we shouldn t have to. david, looking at your business, i know speaking i we shouldn t have to. david, looking at your business, i know speaking to so many business owners that it has been a challenging time for hospitality anyway, what with the covid pandemic, and is clearly isn t helping. covid pandemic, and is clearly isn t helinu. ., , ., ., ., helping. no, it is not, and we have fidden helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite well- helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite well in - helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite well ....
Sitting businesses, but unless we have a sitting stormont, it is going to be very difficult to enact here, because very difficult to enact here, because we need that now, we don t need because we need that now, we don t need it because we need that now, we don t need it later. myself and lynsey, our businesses need this to happen now our businesses need this to happen now. so our businesses need this to happen now. . , our businesses need this to happen now. , . , , our businesses need this to happen now. . , , now. so difficult times. i see you noddin: , now. so difficult times. i see you nodding. so now. so difficult times. i see you nodding, so not now. so difficult times. i see you nodding, so not having now. so difficult times. i see you nodding, so not having a - now. so difficult times. i see you - nodding, so not having a government in stormont, that has had a negative impact on your business in what way? what is changing for you? weill. impact on your busin ....
Use our electricity, our water, and the products are here. so it s an amazing resource. lynsey, the school s safeguarding officer, used to support only a small number of families known to social services. not any more. we ve got, you know, working families who aren t eligible for free school meals, but they can t afford to pay for the child s school meal. what happens then? debt increases. do you have that figure? do you know what that figure is? has it increased ? i know for certain that there is one family that have in excess of £1,000 worth of debt. they send their children to school. i can t not feed their children, can i? and this isn t families exploiting you. no, those families are families that are doing their very best, trying to get out of the cycle that perhaps their parents have had. love you, see you at 3.00, be good now. | see you at 3.00, babe. alex s childhood was hard. marred by domestic violence, she d love much more for her son. i want him to have - ....