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Can politicians bring calm to Belfast? – podcast
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After nights of violence across Belfast this week, politicians continue to call for calm, but what else can be done to stop the violence spreading? Plus, Jessica Elgot has been to Makerfield and spoken to undecided voters on the doorstep

  • You can read Rory Carroll and Hannah Al-Othman’s coverage of the Belfast violence here
  • You can read Pippa, Kiran and Jess’s story about Keir Starmer’s fightback here
  • Please send your questions and messages for Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey to [email protected]

The full list of candidates for the Makerfield byelection:

Jake Austin – Liberal Democrats Count Binface – Count Binface party Andy Burnham – Labour and Co-operative party Dan Clarke – Libertarian party John Dyer – Independent Ed Gemmell – Climate party Paul Gould – Independent Alan ‘Howling’ Laud Hope – the Official Monster Raving Loony party Robert Kenyon – Reform UK Robert Pownall – Independent Rebecca Shepherd – Restore Britain Sarah Wakefield – Green party Peter Ward – Rejoin EU Michael Winstanley – Conservative party

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Originally reported by The Guardian. Read the full story at the original source.