Audio interview with John Kyle, PUP Pottinger councillor on Belfast City Council, by Joel Taggart for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 5 September 2013. Earlier that month an East Belfast mural of George Best, created using European Union funding as part of a regeneration project, was begun to be painted over with an image of a UVF gunman prompting criticism from some within the local community. In this interview Kyle discusses the political undertones of this action and wider unionist dissatisfaction with the political status quo in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 5 September 2013
Name of First Interviewee: John Kyle
Role at time of Interview: PUP Pottinger councillor on Belfast City Council
Interviewer: Joel Taggart
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: John Kyle, George Best, Martin Luther King, Gusty Spence
Key Words: UVF, PUP, paramilitary, culture, community relations, politicisation