Stacey Dooley meets the young people who vote for the DUP - BBC Newsnight

right now I am on my way to going up and chat with the younger group Ruth Ruth is a DUP supporter think she actually campaigned for that as well so heavily involved she's 19 just diet foaming really hello hiya are you removed from faces this is my little brother and said Arlene Foster and infuse legions my dad is in poj no selection agent oh so this was in 2010 when a doctor PSA was helping in canvas tell me why you support to see EP because I'm a Christian and I agree with all of yous and also like things are Northern Ireland it's more than just like the political views on gay marriage and stuff it's about like keeping Cinzia night and a very real terrorist links in the past what your thoughts on and gay couples and believers wrong that's what there's no easy way about that and but I have been called a homophobe for it which is not true because yeah I have simply felt there but I disagree tell me what is so wrong when a man kisses another man or has sex when and the man if if you can't have sex like you can't have children with too many O's and each other finger taps with children with two women how'd you do I'm space be howling and are you yeah a nice to meet you nice to meet you too do you ever feel for us because her opinions are sometimes seen as being very extreme or radical controversial do you think it's em because always at 19 to sort of I think it probably is because I think there's an expectation and most people in general and particularly for young people that they should be liberal and the right look but I think you have to do what's right is basically if you say you're standing before God then you have to be right before him and I don't think being very conservative with a small C necessarily means and the envision there shouldn't be a hatred towards people that don't agree with whereas ice cream that's coming the other way at the moment reading and they probably a you well but I think that's the reason possibly why you're here because there is that feeling that the dup are extreme Jackie and roof aren't the only DUP voters I meet who believe the party has been treated unfairly following the game young unionist and Northern Ireland show their loyalty to Britain I join in local them I'm here to talk to some DUP voters how do you think the DP are being perceived back in England to democracy here figure there be emulate accessor like so against gays and they're really against abortion and all but it's it's it's the inner beliefs of the party and that's really to me anyway that's what I see it as GPM the DP per turn the screen on treason a nice perfection I I don't blame Arlene Foster for saying right you want to play ball you need our face so seriously we need something yes be a favorite the ups feet issues did it on the exact same thing 1.5 billion that'll be very nicely poured into your alright they don't blame my over movement stairs as long as a comic just for a player DUP up abroad off being British don't do anything else do I mean I don't wanna be anything else where they shin fee in and you say the others are Catholics no they want just away boss from the mouth basically when they say they want the British Arianna this desert on the billows I need to meet the other slide that seems so threatening to bees Unionist the second largest political party in Northern Ireland is Shin Fang thank you I'm meeting Dominic and path to have less supporters Asham Saenz West Belfast office they've said you know with every inch of themselves they would never ever in a million years entertain the idea of not being British and not being part of Britain as far as I'm concerned Iannetta down as inevitable and I think the more they set down engage run Alberta and actually discuss what do we believe with on it rather than you know a blink of the process never not on the one I don't think it's a dream it's something that I definitely will see in my lifetime if this space the island will become United that worries DUP voters in Protestant areas they are building bonfires to commemorate a three hundred and twenty year old battle won by a Protestant King I've come to the crater estates to understand more about the DUP vote when is the community worker who is in charge of safety at tonight's bonfire let me ask you they're square do you think how useful how helpful do you think it is to put these posts from the bonfire because they are our Emily we blogged written we are really we are really subjects a whole a British passport I am proud to say I'm British rate we are British Tsimshian 130 united ireland that is direct that's the way they brought the word of this country that is their main IAM unable do it through any means I actually believe that word we're British some of the English are for the great honest why have so many people folks the DUP here I think it was sort of forced to vote for de peaceful together so will we help the majority can you agree with everything the DUP stands for absolutely absolutely nothing where same-sex married two things we shall seek occur with people in here that our game have a problem some remember say of anointing I propose I came here assuming that I spent time with people who were intolerant for same-sex relationship same-sex marriage abortion at here on the ground so many people here on top by better experience the summative in my mind 15 intolerance towards their neighbors the nationally and I think that's a shame because the Prime Minister's rely on the Union it's hard for her to be seen as truly neutral between the two sides the danger is the Teresa Mays deal with the DUP will deepen Northern Ireland you [Music]

Channel: BBC Newsnight

Views: 132,857

Keywords: bbc, newsnight, news, interview, Stacey Dooley, DUP, northern ireland, Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, theresa may, sinn fein

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Length: 7min 15sec (435 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 08 2017