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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The Arlene Foster One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Northern Ireland's First Minister on what happened to her family during the Troubles, her discussions with Boris Johnson over Brexit, and what she's missed most during lockdown

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What impact would it have on you if you witnessed an attempt to murder your father and

0:11.4

you yourself survived a bomb attack?

0:14.3

Happily most of us never have to confront that question.

0:18.7

Not so my guest on this week's political thinking, Arlene Foster, the first minister of Northern

0:24.6

Ireland.

0:25.6

She is now managing the coronavirus crisis in coalition with those who used to justify

0:31.6

political violence.

0:33.6

Until recently, she held the balance of power in Westminster.

0:37.8

Until that is, she helped to precipitate the fall of Theresa May and help to usher Boris

0:43.3

Johnson into Downing Street.

0:45.9

Arlene Foster, welcome to political thinking.

0:48.5

Thank you.

0:50.3

What have you been missing most in the lockdown?

0:53.8

Oh gracious, there's a lot of things I've been missing, obviously missing my hairdresser.

0:59.0

And missing church, I have to say singing in particular and I know that may sound a little

1:04.6

strange, but I love congregational singing, so I've missed that on a Sunday morning.

1:08.6

I think there's a lot of things that we've taken for granted over the years, the freedoms

1:12.3

that we have and when we're told that we can't do them all of a sudden, they've become

1:16.4

incredibly important to us, but yeah, it's the little things that we miss the most.

1:21.3

So have you chosen a song that you're most looking forward to singing again?

1:25.8

Or a head maybe?

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