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Interview with Jim Allister and Diane Dodds by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show on 31 May 2009

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Video interview with Jim Allister, leader of the TUV, and Diane Dodds, DUP MEP candidate for Northern Ireland, by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show on 31 May 2009. One week later elections to the European Parliament took place in Northern Ireland. As candidates in the election campaign Allister and Dodds debate the benefits of European Union peace funding to Northern Ireland to date. The Politics Show is a weekly current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 31 May 2009

Name of First Interviewee: Jim Allister

Name of Second Interviewee: Diane Dodds

Role at time of Interview: Jim Allister (TUV MEP for Northern Ireland), Diane Dodds (DUP MEP candidate for Northern Ireland)

Interviewer: Jim Fitzpatrick

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show

Time Period covered: 2009

Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Louis Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth II, Gerry Adams, Tony Blair, Jonathan Powell, Miriam O’Callaghan

Key Words: TUV, DUP, peace funding, economy, prisoner, European Union

 

 

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