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