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BBC Northern Ireland's weekly politics programme. Presented by @MarkCarruthers7. Also posts on #SundayPolitics & #BBCRedLines ▪️Email: [email protected]

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"I have concerns around where the Irish Presidency is going." David Brooks MLA tells Mark Carruthers he is unsure whether the deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly BL will attend the inauguration of the President of Ireland...

"Racism is not just a unionist problem. I get all these tweets and there are as many 1916 bots as there are 1690 bots." The SDLP leader Claire Hanna | #BBCTheView

"When you get amateurs working for unaccountable incompetents, run by a narcissist, spending other people's money - what you get is a trade policy that makes no sense whatsoever." Economist David McWilliams - on Donald Trump's new tariff policy. More on BBC The View tonight.

"The Minister for Infrastructure needs to get her head out of the sand and needs to turn this situation around." Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir MLA says he is "fed up" with the situation around waste water infrastructure. More on @BBCTheView at 11pm.

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"Keir Starmer was elected with a five year mandate and, quiet properly, he intends to see it through." NI Secretary Hilary Benn says the PM is a serious politician for serious times "The alternative is to go back to what the Tories did... what I call 'and the next syndrome'.

"The last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave." Kemi Badenoch has mistakenly said Northern Ireland "voted to leave" the EU as she defended her party's record on Brexit. More from her interview with Jayne McCormack on BBC The View tonight

"If you ask me if I would take the decision again today, I would." Ian Paisley tells Adam Mandeville he is filled with immense pride about the Brexit decision. #BBCTheView

"There is too much ineptitude, too much self interest and too much ego and the people out there who pay our wage want better." Jon Burrows MLA tell Gareth Gordon he's come into politics to offer change. #BBCTheView

First Minister Michelle O’Neill told the Irish News she was "open to anything" when asked would SF support amending climate change targets to deliver the A5. On Sunday Politics Mark Carruthers put that to Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins

"For them it was a bit of joyride, this was a mystery tour they had no plan for." Former SDLP MP Mark Durkan reflects on the Brexit debate a decade on.

"I don't think this is going to end very well - and at the moment my money would be on Doug Beattie leaving the party he once led." Sooner rather than later? "Yes" Gareth Gordon - on the relationship between Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows and his predecessor. #BBCTheView

"If the DUP wanted to block this bill we could have done so already. We could have vetoed it." DUP's Phillip Brett says his party wants an Employment Right's Bill that works for trade unions, for workers and for business #BBCTheView Mark Carruthers

"Successive DUP ministers didn't lift their wee finger to address the issue of enhanced employment or workers' rights here." Sinn Féin's Declan Kearney #BBCTheView | Mark Carruthers

⁦ Is there a good IRA and a bad IRA? Mark Carruthers asks Tánaiste &amp; Fianna Fáil leader ⁦Micheál Martin #bbctheview

We have the minutes of the meeting between Cantor Fitzgerald &amp; the NI Economy Dept where they referenced potential investment in NI. Mark Carruthers gave the details to DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley Enda McClafferty #BBCTheView

"Why is it such an urgent thing to get rid of a line on a map?" Sam McBride tells Mark Carruthers his reasons for NI remaining in the UK...

"Johnny come latelies", the DUP MLA Deborah Erskine in response to First Minister Michelle O’Neill saying she is "open to anything" in terms of changing climate change targets to get a new A5. Speaking to Mark Carruthers on Sunday Politics on iPlayer and BBC Sounds

"I think it's irresponsible and ludicrous frankly." Brian Feeney wrote in the Irish news recently saying Stormont's time is up, does he have a point? Mark Carruthers asks Claire Hanna

A DUP MLA claimed a US multinational pulled plans to create 300 jobs in NI over concerns about political positions of the Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald. Mark Carruthers asked Jonathan Buckley what his evidence is for the claim? #BBCTheView

"Fair play to Chris for constructing it." Speaking to Mark Carruthers on #bbcsp Mary Lou McDonald rejects criticism of her leadership and Sinn Féin's performance at Stormont by columnist Chris Donnelly

"If a student in my class came up with that to explain tariffs, I'd have failed them." Irish Economist David McWilliams - on Donald Trump's formula to apply the tariffs. American consumers "will be condemned to paying more for the best &amp; less for the worst."

The DUP said "the US and Israel have rightly undertaken decisive military action" against Iran at the beginning of March. The Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly BL was questioned by Enda McClafferty tonight on support for the war

"Unionists would be a little more nervous of Andy Burnham." Suzanne Breen gives Mark Carruthers her thoughts on Andy Burnham - the man who could be the next Prime Minister...

"The only thing that's achieved is disruption and distress." Speaking to Mark Carruthers on #bbcsp Mary Lou McDonald condemns the car bomb attack on a police station in Dunmurry.

⁦ Is there a good IRA and a bad IRA? Mark Carruthers asks Tánaiste & Fianna Fáil leader ⁦Micheál Martin #bbctheview

We have the minutes of the meeting between Cantor Fitzgerald & the NI Economy Dept where they referenced potential investment in NI. Mark Carruthers gave the details to DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley Enda McClafferty #BBCTheView

"If a student in my class came up with that to explain tariffs, I'd have failed them." Irish Economist David McWilliams - on Donald Trump's formula to apply the tariffs. American consumers "will be condemned to paying more for the best & less for the worst."