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Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

A turning point in Northern Ireland politics?

Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Sky News

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.0156 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Adam Boulton and guests reflect on sobering week in Northern Ireland following the murder of the journalist Lyra McKee. Remarks at her funeral have reignited the debate over the future of a power sharing government and an end to violence on the streets. Also this week, as the the Extinction Rebellion protests reach their conclusion, have their efforts helped or hindered the climate change cause? And with the European Parliament elections (potentially) on the horizon, the panel assess the prospects of Change UK following its campaign launch this week. Joining Adam are Sky's senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins, talkRADIO presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer, author of The Climate Majority Leo Barasi, Sky's political reporter Rob Powell and the head of Sky Data Harry Carr.

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0:00.0

The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.

0:03.5

How can we make sense of it all?

0:04.9

I'm Richard Engelt.

0:05.7

And I'm Yalda Hekeem.

0:06.7

And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.

0:10.9

And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.

0:14.6

Each week will cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events

0:18.6

and explain to you why what happens out there

0:22.4

matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim

0:28.0

wherever you get your podcasts. Well, hello and welcome to the Sky News All-Out Politics Podcast.

0:39.7

I'm Adam Bolton, and joining me today are the talk radio presenter, Julia Hartley Brewer,

0:46.1

Leo Barassi, who is the author of the climate majority about public attitudes to climate change. Sky News's political reporter Rob Powell,

0:56.9

the head of Sky Data, Harry Carr. And joining us down the line from across the IRC from Northern

1:04.4

Ireland is Sky News's senior island correspondent David Blevins.

1:13.2

Well, we're going to talk this week about developments in Northern Ireland and, of course, the killing of Lira McKee.

1:21.0

And also, we're going to discuss climate change, extinction, rebellion and the fortunes in those European parliamentary elections,

1:30.5

possibly of the Change UK party. But let's start with what happened in Northern Ireland

1:38.1

and bring in straight away David Blevins. Tell us really about the circumstances of her death and the consequences since then.

1:48.0

Learrow McKee, a 29-year-old journalist, had gone to the Cregan estate in Londonderry, or Derry, depending on how you want to describe it,

1:56.9

to cover a riot that was taking place there. She was reporting when dissident Republicans

2:02.6

from the so-called new IRA opened fire on police lines. They missed the police lines but

2:08.9

fatally wounded the young journalist instead and it has provoked an extraordinary response,

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