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Interview with Jim Allister and Basil McCrea by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 21 August 2013

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Audio interview with Jim Allister, leader of the TUV, and Basil McCrea, leader of NI21, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 21 August 2013. On 18 April planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison site into a peace building and conflict resolution centre and was supported by both the DUP and Sinn Fein. Other members of the unionist community, however, protested against the decision. On 14 August Peter Robinson withdrew the DUP’s support for the conflict resolution centre at the former Maze/Long Kesh site. In this interview Allister and McCrea discuss Robinson’s change in policy and also comment on recent incidents concerning the PSNI and the parading issue. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 August 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Jim Allister

Name of Second Interviewee: Basil McCrea

Role at time of Interview: Jim Allister (leader of the TUV), Basil McCrea (leader of NI21)

Interviewer: Stephen Nolan

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show

Time Period covered: 1913-2013

Key Individuals: Jim Allister, Basil McCrea, Terry Spence, Matt Baggott, Chris Patten, Bobby Sands, Theresa Villiers

Key Words: TUV, NI21, PSNI, parade, paramilitary, Maze prison, commemorartion, economy, hunger-strike, Sinn Fein, UVF

 

 

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