Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“Today the PM has brought ‘Project Fear’ to Northern Ireland.
“Clearly alarmed that the people of Ulster have seen through his puny deal and may join our fellow citizens in our nation in retaking control of its own borders, destiny and laws, by leaving the disastrous EU, the PM is in a spin peddling half-truths wherever he goes.
“Take his claim that 60% of Northern Ireland’s exports go to the EU. It’s only half the story which conveniently ignores the fact that £8.3b of our annual ‘exports’ go to GB. The figures are indisputable: £8.3b to GB, £3.6b to EU and £2.4b to the rest of the world.* It is only by excluding our major trade destiny, namely to the rest of the UK, that Europhiles can come up with the artificial and deceptive claim that 60% of our exports go to the EU.
“As for his scaremongering over agriculture I refer all to my full response in today’s Farming Life.
http://www.farminglife.com/news/farming-news/allister-getting-out-of-eu-would-be-liberating-for-agri-industry-1-7233345
“It is a commentary on the desperation of the ‘In’ campaign that the PM couldn’t visit us without distorting the facts. Little wonder his Secretary of State was nowhere to be seen!”
*http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/questions/printquestionsummary.aspx?docid=257332
Jim Allister