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The Nolan Show: New row over Kingsmill massacre after some unionists shared controversial cartoon about the atrocity online

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New row over Kingsmill massacre after some unionists shared controversial cartoon about the atrocity online

BBC Radio Ulster - The Nolan Show, New row over Kingsmill massacre after some unionists shared controversial cartoon about the atrocity online

Another row has erupted on social media over an image related to the Kingsmill massacre.

New row over Kingsmill massacre after some unionists shared controversial cartoon about the atrocity online.

Another row has erupted on social media over an image related to the Kingsmills massacre. The south Belfast DUP MLA Christopher Stalford shared a cartoon satirising Sinn Fein's equality agenda - and it was shared by other unionist politicians including Ulster Unionist Doug Beattie. It was headlined 'Sinn Fein's red lines' and showed ten streams of blood coming from a van like that used by the Kingsmill victims. The cartoon has since been deleted by Mr Beattie and Mr Stalford after he was contacted by victims families. So is this legitimate political commentary - or cheap point-scoring and an insult to victims? Vinny spoke to the UUP's Doug Beatttie, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long and we took your calls.

Also on the programme, plans to outlaw smacking children in Wales are going out to a three-month consultation. Ministers said removing the defence of 'reasonable punishment' would make it clear smacking was "no longer acceptable". It means any adult looking after a child would no longer be able to use physical or corporal punishment against them. But campaigners against the law fear it could criminalise ordinary parents. Vinny got the views of commentators Tina Calder and Lynette Burrows.

And, would you consider yourself a romantic? What does romance mean for you? Or is it just something that happens in the movies? According to a new survey romance definitely isn't dead just confused - as six in 1ten of us admit to being bewildered by what it means to be romantic in 2018 and many wanting more romance in their lives. So what is the most romantic thing you have done? Vinny got the views of commentators Lata Sharma and Eoin Murphy.

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