Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“The official guidelines for the New York St Patrick’s Day Parade make it very clear that it is a deliberately anti-British event, epitomised by the fact that the only banner permitted is that which proclaims “England Get Out of Ireland”. See the official rules:
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“So, why is the PSNI, a police service from the UK, officially participating in a parade behind an anti-British and offensive banner endorsing the ‘Brits Out’ message which saw the IRA murder so many gallant police officers?
“Parading behind such a banner is no place for the PSNI. I am therefore demanding that the Chief Constable explain himself and this calculated slight on the unionist majority in Northern Ireland.”