Statement by TUV leader JIm Allister:-
“The hysterical drivel from Labour NI spokesman, Mr Pound, today on the border and the Belfast Agreement typifies the bogus propaganda which Remainers have manufactured.
“There is not one word in the Belfast Agreement which prohibits a border, or prohibits tariffs.
“Last week’s High Court, rejecting the foolish McCord challenge, could not have been clearer:
“….there is nothing in the Belfast Agreement to require EU Membership – or regulatory alignment or customs union membership for that matter…..Once again, neither the Belfast Agreement nor this suite of provisions was predicated on the basis that UK membership of the EU would continue forever. Neither of them can be construed as requiring a customs Union or continued regulatory alignment. More fundamentally, there is no sufficient evidential foundation for the incompatibility asserted.”
“It couldn’t be clearer, yet Remainers continue to spout their nonsense.
“Not for the first time Labour is anticipating that a terrorist threat should steer its policy.”