{"id":2266,"date":"2017-02-16T11:59:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T11:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2017-03-24T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T17:02:16","slug":"the-new-majority-158-mar-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/the-new-majority-158-mar-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The new majority (158, Mar 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2015,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginebelfast.com\/\">Imagine<\/a>\u00a0has been gathering a fine crew of thinkers and talkers in Belfast for various events aimed at promoting debate and discussion on the big issues of our time. Director Peter O\u2019Neill very kindly extended an invitation to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/\">Banter<\/a>\u00a0to join this year\u2019s festival and we were happy to take him up on his offer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2267\" src=\"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n.jpg\" alt=\"15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/15747919_1008057796004341_8334494715595267891_n-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our contribition to the theme of \u201cprepare for a new tomorrow\u201d is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginebelfast.com\/events\/the-new-majority\/\">The New Majority<\/a>, a conversation with the next generation of Northern Ireland voters about what they want from their politics and especially politicians. We\u2019ll be joined by a selection of those who will decide the make-up of elected assemblies in the future about the issues in Belfast and the world which move them in terms of both activism and voting intentions. Are the old reasons for sticking an X on the ballot paper going out with the tide for younger voters or do they still exert an influence?<\/p>\n<p>Banter at Imagine will take place at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/themaclive.com\/\">The Factory at The MAC<\/a>\u00a0(Exchange Street) on Saturday March 25 at 2pm with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iamgoldiefawn\/\">Katie Richardson<\/a> (Goldie Fawn),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FergalMcFerran\">Fergal McFerran <\/a>(president, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V9goloB4cz\">NUS-USI<\/a>),\u00a0<strong>Tara Connolly<\/strong> (chairperson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niyf.org\">NI Youth Forum<\/a>) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CallumSCurry\">Callum Curry <\/a>(entrepreneur and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sussd_ni\">SUSSD<\/a>). Admission is free, but advance registration is necessary and can be done\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginebelfast.com\/events\/the-new-majority\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the full programme of events for Imagine \u2013 including film screenings, workshops, discussions, lectures, talks and an explanation of why you see Elvis in your toast \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginebelfast.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2015,\u00a0Imagine\u00a0has been gathering a fine crew of thinkers and talkers in Belfast for various events aimed at promoting debate and discussion on the big issues of our time. Director Peter O\u2019Neill very kindly extended an invitation to\u00a0Banter\u00a0to join this year\u2019s festival and we were happy to take him up on his offer. Our contribition &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banter.test\/the-new-majority-158-mar-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The new majority (158, Mar 2017)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}