@bbctheview

BBC Northern Ireland's weekly politics programme. Presented by @MarkCarruthers7. Also posts on #SundayPolitics & #BBCRedLines ▪️Email: [email protected]

Joined September 2012
The latest Red Lines has dropped - Trump: Orange is the new Green. @MarkCarruthers7 discusses the US President's comments with @DavidYoungPA @BenLowry2 and Professor Diarmaid Ferriter. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p9xl…
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"Have you made a calculation that there are potentially more votes to be won than lost by adopting quite a nuanced position", @MarkCarruthers7 asks @JonBurrowsMLA for his take on the Drumcree parade on BBC Sunday Politics
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Who has responsibility for what happens next, Chief Constable or Secretary of State? @endamcclafferty hears from @RhonddaBryant on Sunday Politics, available on @BBCiPlayer and @BBCSounds
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"No right minded person would make this decision"...."the self proclaimed First Minister for all is standing unlawfully", views this morning from @moneillsf and @carlalockhart on BBC Sunday Politics
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"I think we're in a very dangerous position tonight with all the uncertainty." What would a reasonable resolution to Drumcree be? @markcarruthers7 asks former Irish News Editor, Noel Doran
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"There is a feeling in unionism 'we have to push back'" @BenLowry2 sets the Drumcree parade dispute in a wider context of an "at times, triumphalist nationalism"
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"What we're talking about here is not a route, a parade route, this is peoples homes." What do Sinn Féin believe should happen if the Parades Commission determines that Sunday's parade can go ahead? @MarkCarruthers7 asks @LizKimminsSF
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"If you cannot stand the thought of your neighbour walking down the road...then I think you need to examine your idea of good community relations", says @DianeDoddsMLA on the eve of the decision on the Drumcree parade
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"We've been underfunded for over a decade, so how do we ever catch up." Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins responds to the Secretary of State Chris Bryant saying that the Northern Ireland Executive need to agree a budget.
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Secretary of State's 'high noon' budget deadline is "reckless and unrealistic" says @DianeDoddsMLA and adds that @RhonddaBryant needs to stop "haranguing" people
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"We have approached our friends from HSE about any possible help at the moment in this particular problem." Could cross border co-operation help? @MarkCarruthers7 asks Chief Executive Steve Spoerry.
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What implications will there be for the Southern Health Trust if the closure of inpatient maternity services in Daisy Hill in Newry go ahead? The Chief Executive of the Trust Steve Spoerry tells @MarkCarruthers7 "It's a difficult problem to deal with."
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We are live on BBC One NI. Tonight we’re discussing hospital services in the Southern Trust, Stormont’s budget deadline from the Secretary of State, and an imminent decision on Drumcree. Sinn Féin’s Liz Kimmins & DUP’s Diane Dodds join @MarkCarruthers7 live
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Available now on YouTube, @MarkCarruthers7 speaks to Line of Duty star, Adrian Dunbar about how his Northern Irish upbringing shaped his politics, career and Ted Hastings. youtube.com/watch?v=74XQQP0s…
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Coming up on @bbctheview with @MarkCarruthers7 tomorrow...
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"Acutely embarrassing for unionists." @SuzyJourno tells @MarkCarruthers7 that the comments on Irish unity by @realDonaldTrump can't be dismissed by unionists...
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"Human rights and equality cut both ways." @GRobinsonDUP tells @MarkCarruthers7 why he believes the Drumcree parade dispute has hit the headlines again...
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"He has no power or say on the future of Northern Ireland." @GRobinsonDUP tells @MarkCarruthers7 that unionists are not concerned by the comments on Irish unity made by @realDonaldTrump
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