Election Question time - full footage of the event from NvTV

Posted by Stephen Gray on Mar 05 2007 under Election goings on, Alliance Party, DUP, Green Party, SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP, Video, PUP

Footage from the Election Question Time hosted at NICVA on 12 February 2007.

Thanks to NvTv who filmed the event and have shown it on their daily television broadcasts during the last week of February.

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‘Sharing’ or ‘Seperate but Equal’ Manifesto analysis from NICIE

Posted by Lisa on Mar 05 2007 under A Shared Future, Education & training, Alliance Party, DUP, SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP, Parties, Manifesto

Pam Tilson from NICIE sent this helpful roundup of how the manifestos deal with the issue of creating a shared future.

‘Sharing’ or ‘Separate but Equal’?

How far along the road have each of the parties moved to recognising that ‘separate but equal’ – some kind of benign apartheid - is no longer acceptable and that we need to move towards a society where shared schools, housing, workplaces, leisure facilities and other services are commonplace?

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NICVA interview with Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin)

Posted by Stephen Gray on Mar 05 2007 under Election goings on, Sinn Féin, Video

Alex Maskey has a quick chat with Lisa McElherron on the key issues in the forthcoming Assembly election.
Apologies for the poor sound quality - we’ll use a proper microphone next time