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Election 2017: Northern Ireland and the border

Jim Naughtie reports from Belfast on how the election will impact the border

The election campaign has a distinct flavour in Northern Ireland because it is inseparable from the collapse of the power-sharing assembly. How will that affect the vote in the general election?

James Naughtie spoke to chancellor Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan, DUP MP Gavin Robinson, Sinn Fein's leader Michelle O'Neill, columnist Alison Morris, UUP leader Robin Swann and SDLP's Claire Hanna.

Justin Webb spoke to John O鈥橠owd, a former Sinn Fein education minister.

(Image: Stormont Parliament. Credit: AFP/ Getty Images.)

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