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Can politicians bring calm to Belfast?

6/12/202633 min

After nights of violence across Belfast this week, politicians continue to call for calm, but what else can be done to stop the violence spreading? Plus, Jessica Elgot has been to Makerfield and spoken to undecided voters on the doorstep. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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First 90 seconds

  1. Max Rushton0:00

    This is The Guardian.

  2. Speaker 20:01

    [upbeat music] The streets of Northern Ireland need to return to calm and order. Everyone with influence needs to do all in their power to get the thugs off our streets.

  3. Keir Starmer· Soundbite0:21

    People are rightly sickened by the horrific attack on Monday night in North Belfast.

  4. Nigel Farage· Soundbite0:27

    There were some very, very bad actors doing bad things, but the vast majority of those people who were out on the streets were not far right, were not extremists, just really scared about what's going on in their communities.

  5. Kiran Stacey· Host0:40

    I'm Kieran Stacey.

  6. Jessica Elgot· Host0:41

    And I'm Jessica Elgot.

  7. Kiran Stacey· Host0:42

    And you're listening to Politics Weekly.

  8. Jessica Elgot· Host0:44

    For The Guardian.

  9. Kiran Stacey· Host0:45

    Just as we finish recording this week's regular episode of Politics Weekly, the Defense Secretary, John Healey, announced he was resigning from cabinet over military spending plans. You can hear me talk to my colleague Nosheen Iqbal about that on our sister podcast, Today in Focus: The Latest. This episode covers the violence in Belfast and hears from people on the doorstep in Makefield. Jess, thanks for joining us.

  10. Jessica Elgot· Host1:09

    Pleasure.

  11. Kiran Stacey· Host1:10

    We're here, uh, in Guardian headquarters, but over in Northern Ireland we've seen a second night of violence and rioting last night after the stabbing of a man in Belfast on Monday. Last night, as readers of The Guardian would've seen on the front page this morning, police actually used water cannon on protesters in County Antrim. Once again, we had cars set on fire, riot

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