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Who blinks first in the the Stormont welfare crisis? Yesterday this show revealed the warning from Finance Minister Arlene Foster of a potential 拢2.8 billion budget black hole. That's if the Assembly rejects the welfare reform bill next Tuesday. Strip away all the technical talk - a 拢2.8 billion black hole means a meltdown - Ministers resigning, government falling. Writing in the Belfast Telegraph today, DUP First Minister Peter Robinson says the stakes could not be higher. Stephen talks to SDLP MLA Fearghal McKinney, Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy and the DUP's Sammy Wilson.
Also on the podcast... Earlier this week the Ashers gay cake row came to a head when a judge ruled the Christian-run bakery discriminated against a gay customer. Now some of those who were critical of Ashers have started an online campaign urging Tesco not to sell the bakery's products. Stephen talks to commentator Krix Nixon and Peter Lynas from the Evangelical Alliance