{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/698b1696d4ce946316d325cd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Claire Hanna: SDLP leader says united Ireland is ‘likely’ but not ‘inevitable’  ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1770733851908-cf3a5e95-cb74-4e3c-8ef9-286ec8ac984b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Stormont should not be treated as a “soft-play area” for politicians, the&nbsp;SDLP leader Claire Hanna has&nbsp;said in an&nbsp;in-depth&nbsp;interview&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;BelTel podcast.&nbsp;In it, she gave her views on&nbsp;Irish unity,&nbsp;on&nbsp;Stormont reform and&nbsp;on&nbsp;the SDLP’s chances of recovery.&nbsp;&nbsp;Claire Hanna became the leader of the SDLP unopposed in October 2024&nbsp;having&nbsp;been an MP for south Belfast since 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Many commentators say the SDLP has been more stridently pro-unity under Hanna’s leadership.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does she agree?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>&nbsp;Can she square&nbsp;making&nbsp;Northern Ireland work with not wanting it at all?&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>&nbsp;And can she turn around the SDLP’s long-term decline.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Claire Hanna,&nbsp;joined Ciarán Dunbar on the BelTel.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}