{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/68e57af32904596587ffa096?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"BelTel Politics: Irish signs, Labour snubs, the SDLP targeting Alliance, and will Farage eat the Tories? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1759869543983-82d09a83-49ec-4620-814b-1019748cae79.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Domestically, NI politics has been consumed by Irish language issues this week and unionists reel in the wake of Belfast City Council’s new bilingual policy – is it just the result of demographics?&nbsp;</p><p>October is party conference season – why did Starmer not mention us in his speech?&nbsp;</p><p>The SDLP is presenting itself as both an alternative to Alliance and pushing Irish unity, can they do both?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>And finally, an MLA says the current Stormont executive is the worst one since devolution returned&nbsp;in 1998 – is he right?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Liam Tunney, political commentator Alex Kane and by Ulster University lecturer David McCann.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}