People packed into the Great Hall at Queen’s University Belfast this evening in order to hear from the Belfast South general election candidates. Yvette Shapiro chaired proceedings, and an hour of questions from the floor followed the brief opening remarks from each participating candidate.
Given the toxic nature of the election campaign – nationally and locally – it was a very civil evening with Paula Bradshaw (Alliance), Claire Hanna (SDLP), Michael Henderson (UUP) and Chris McHugh (Aontú) fielding questions about women’s equality, the health service, the environment, the toxicity of the campaign, a more. Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) is also standing in the Belfast South constituency but did not attend.
Organised by QUB Policy Engagement and filmed by Alan Meban.
Alan Meban. Tweets as @alaninbelfast. Blogs about cinema and theatre over at Alan in Belfast. A freelancer who writes about, reports from, live-tweets and live-streams civic, academic and political events and conferences. He delivers social media training/coaching; produces podcasts and radio programmes; is a FactCheckNI director; a member of Ofcom’s Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland; and a member of the Corrymeela Community.
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