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Red Lines

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Today: #140 in Government on our combined chart.

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Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.

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About the show

The back-stop’s here? Bad puns with top political coverage from Northern Ireland. Red Lines brings you essential analysis and commentary by BBC NI’s politics team.