The people of Derry share their thoughts on the General Election

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The people of Derry share their thoughts on the General Election.  What they hope to see in the future of with a Labour Government? How they would summarise the Conservative rule? The possibility of a United Ireland?

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00:00What's your hopes now that Victoria's right and now that Labour's come along?

00:17Your son raised 14 years before I wrote, how are you going to survive that?

00:30But then again, they all are. That's the thing.

00:41What are your hopes now that Victoria's right and now that Labour's come along?

00:47What are your hopes now that Labour's come along?

00:49Well, I hope, I think they're going to be better than the, what do you call them, Conservatives anyway.

00:55And after 14 years before I wrote, how do you summarise their time in office?

01:04What are you hoping to get addressed now with the Labour Parliament?

01:11Do you think it's a shift of Irish unity?

01:19Can you tell me what your hopes are now that the Labour Party is on in Victoria?

01:40If you were to summarise Victoria's 14 year rule, what would you say about it?

01:45Well, the Tories were in power for 14 years, how did you think they would grow?

01:50Am I allowed to curse on them?

01:54Well, a whole mess up I can say is a whole lot of time across the board.

01:59Covid doesn't help either, but I mean, they must be glad they get something fresh now,

02:04get some news going on that's fresh, see what they can do.

02:07I feel sorry about people in England, I tell you what to do.

02:12With the new government in charge, what are you looking to address and change here and overall?

02:19Well, improve everything, especially NHS.

02:21They have to do something about that, that's unbelievable.

02:24Doctors appointments is unbelievable.

02:26You're on the phone every morning trying to get a hundred times, trying to get a study of doctors.

02:32It's not right, you know what I mean?

02:34People's just letting it go, you know?

02:36People's just letting it go, I'll try it tomorrow, I'll try it tomorrow.

02:39But people's getting old, you know what I mean?

02:41I need to address this big time, that's the main thing for me, you know what I mean?

02:44Trying to get an appointment with a doctor is unbelievable.

02:48I hope they address it, you know what I mean?

02:50Last question, week here, storm in charge, do you think the possibility of Irish unity is there?

02:56I hope so.

02:57No, I hope it's ahead of us, you know what I mean?

02:59I hope it's not too far away.

03:01I think it's just around the corner, you know what I mean?

03:03They tell you everything's going here, the DUP and that, you know what I mean?

03:06So, I really do think it's not too far away.

03:10We're hoping, aren't we?

03:11Right, so, how's the weather at the fire?

03:14What we can hope to see, what's there now to pick up on?

03:18I would hope we can use NHS, because that's the main thing, we need all that there.

03:22And we need that access put, which we probably not going to be doing.

03:26We need all that stuff.

03:28And a better place, because we've got a bit over here.

03:32After the 14 years before you left, how would you summarise your time at the fire?

03:38It wasn't great, was it? I don't think it was good.

03:41They were too much fighting among themselves as they were running the country.

03:46And the last gas year he wasn't even elected, you know, he was just stuck on there.

03:50I didn't like him.

03:52Now are we at a Labour and Party time?

03:54Is it possible that United Ireland is there?

03:59I don't know.

04:01Maybe, just a maybe.

04:03It's not a no, but it's a maybe.

04:07So, the Tories lie out of government and Labour.

04:10What are you hoping to see out of the Labour government?

04:13Just an improvement for the actual people.

04:15You know, I want housing to get better, I want the renting crisis to get better,

04:18I want the bills to get better, I want the taxing to get better.

04:21But it doesn't look like any government's out for the people these days at all.

04:24Definitely.

04:26If you were to summarise the 14 years of role that the Tories had, how would you summarise it?

04:31If I could, please.

04:33Without using any vulgarities, I would definitely say terrible.

04:38I mean, look at the way they handled the Covid crisis.

04:40It was obviously unforeseen times, but at the same time,

04:44a little bit of thought going into everything would have made things a lot easier.

04:48And we've been in a banking crisis for the past, god, 20 years maybe?

04:51So, a bit more thought would be good, wouldn't it?

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