Beyond Wesminster… to Derry and back.

Dennis Murray took Radio 4 listeners on a wee ‘journey’ this morning, during a very well laid out radio feature on the recent Policing and Justice developments. 

Politicians in Northern Ireland face unprecedented levels of criticism from an increasingly sceptical public. Sinn Fein and the DUP in particular know they need to prove that the Assembly and Executive can work and reconnect with voters. It’s an uphill struggle. Dismay with politicians at Westminster pales into insignificance compared to voters’ disgust with Stormont.

So what are the issues that matter? Parades and policing? Or are voters more concerned with education, health and welfare?

Denis Murray takes a journey across Northern Ireland to find out what voters there really think about their representatives and if a done deal really is a done deal for the electorate.

At the end of the feature, Dennis brought together Daithi McKay and Simon Hamilton, two politicians who are at opposite ends of our country’s political spectrum, yet both so similar in ambition and style.(when you remove the border question of course.)

Have a listen.

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