Stormont Sources

🆕 We reflect on Trump, Martin, Pengelly and Irish unity 🟥 How did the leaders perform? 🟥 Did the boycott work?

Did Sinn Féin mishandle COVID early on? @naomi_long reflects on how the Northern Ireland Assembly and Sinn Féin reacted to the early stages of the pandemic, and how that soured relationships within the Executive.

"Nobody Wants Us" @naomi_long suggests that Northern Ireland is still a divided, dysfunctional society and that needs to be dealt with before any mention of constitutional change. @dmcbfs @timcairns

"This is a fundamental structural problem with our politics, is nobody ever being willing to make an argument." @MatthewOToole2 on what holds Stormont back.

"The Assembly chamber has become a toxic thunderdome." In our first-ever LIVE show, @naomi_long tells #StormontSources why she won’t stand by while progress is "stymied by vetoes." Is the Alliance Party's place in the Executive under threat? 🎧 Streaming now on podcast apps and YouTube. @dmcbfs @timcairns

"There has been a really strategic campaign since I took Peter Robinson's seat back in 2010 to demonise me and make me a figure of hate in the unionist, loyalist community." @naomi_long tells us: "Unionist men of a certain age find me a threat and really do not like me." @dmcbfs @timcairns

This week on @StormontSources we speak with @allianceparty Leader @naomi_long We talk about border polls, opposition, what Alliance are doing in government and the tone of politics 🎧 Dropping into your feeds soon

Live from Belfast, our first ever live episode featuring Alliance Party Leader, @naomi_long. Subscribe on YouTube or your podcast app to hear all things politics and policy making across Northern Ireland. @dmcbfs | @timcairns

We’re at the Alliance Party Conference with Naomi Long. Subscribe now to hear it first!

Look who’s here! Recording live at 3:30pm at Alliance Party Conference 🔴 @timcairns, @dmcbfs and Michael McKernan

Just about made it for Andy Burnham. Hopefully he announces a big funding package for the new Old Trafford! One can dream

And here’s the excited huddle gathering round him to chat and get photos.

🔴We’re recording a special episode of the podcast later, live at @allianceparty conference. Before that, @AndyBurnhamGM will address the conference… @dmcbfs | @timcairns