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12: On Northern Ireland

This week Mick Fealty of Slugger O’Toole joined us to talk about recent political events.

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We talked about:

• Mick has been extensively covering the scandal caused by Iris Robinson, wife of First Minister Peter Robison, and the affair she had. He gave us an overview of the history and the impact of the resulting political crisis.
• David Cameron and Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson have had a few problems in Northern Ireland recently as well.
• Gordon Brown recently announced that the Labour Party would introduce the Alternative Vote electoral system if they were successful at the next election – is this a needed reform, or is it just playing politics?

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