Audio interview with Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, and Jim Allister, leader of the TUV, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 12 November 2013. In the lead up to the anniversary of the Belfast City Council decision to restrict the number of days the Union flag was flown above City Hall, Nesbitt and other unionists suggested that a repeat of the flag protests would unhelpful to any future solution. In this interview Nesbitt and Allister debate the issue of unionist public protest. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster
Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 November 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt
Name of Second Interviewee: Jim Allister
Role at time of Interview: Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP), Jim Allister (leader of the TUV)
Interviewer: Stephen Nolan
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show
Time Period covered: 1985-2013
Key Individuals: Mike Nesbitt, Jim Allister, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Key Words: UUP, TUV, flag, Unionist Forum, Anglo-Irish Agreeement, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Fein, commemoration