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16 October 2014
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Political Voices - Jim Rodgers is an Ulster Unionist city councillor and former Mayor of BelfastJim Rogers

This needs to be resolved, and quickly. That's not going to be easy, but we can't allow this to go on, day in, day out. And I feel that the police and the army needs to look at all their arrangements. I thought it was important to come here this morning because the street disorders have been causing me enormous concern, along with the children unable to get to school.

How do you think it can improve? Obviously you said dialogue seems to be the key word. Do you think dialogue at this time, as you said, when feelings are running high, is practical?

Yes, it is. But I don't think forcing schoolchildren through is at all satisfactory. And that was my big fear, and now we see the situation very nasty and hopefully I can bring my wise counsel to prevail.







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