Statement by TUV Jim Allister: “The release yesterday of additional information from the Department Health which shows the evidence behind the Executive’s decision to shut down parts of our economy is welcome but the evidence raises more questions than it answers. It is understandable that many within the hospitality sector are angry and frustrated now […]
Statement by TUV Ballymena councillor Matthew Armstrong: ”The conduct of the Minister for Communities is nothing short of disgraceful. ”When I realised that new, tougher restrictions were set to come in I ensured that our local MLA Jim Allister obtained absolute clarity on where local clubs stood when it came to supporters accessing games. Jim […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The price to be paid by business and workers in consequence of the Executive’s Covid approach will not just be felt for the next month but, I fear, long thereafter. With no policy other than suppression of the economy every time there is a surge in infection, and no […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The last 24 hours have been far from confidence-building. When the pandemic meets Stormont dysfunction, the result is not encouraging. What is packaged as reasoned and considered is in reality the product of horse-trading between the DUP and Sinn Fein. “For weeks we were told, apparently on medical advice, […]
Statement by TUV MLA Jim Allister: “The focus of the Health Service and society radically changed in March this year as the COVID-19 pandemic reached our shores. The decision to ramp up capacity to deal with an unknown disease was understandable. Having seen the ravages of the virus particularly within the care home sector no […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: ”In the days after the funeral of convicted IRA terrorist Bobby Storey I tabled a number of questions at Stormont. As a result, I discovered that the Communities and Finance Ministers travelled to the funeral at public expense by Ministerial car. Yet three months a number of questions put […]
Commenting on Arlene Foster’s decision to resume joint press conferences with Michelle O’Neill Jim Allister said: “The short lived furore over the Storey funeral is yet another insight into the powerlessness of Unionism within the constraints of the “peace process”. “Just as was the case with Stormontgate, the Florida gunrunning scandal, the murder of Denis […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Ms O’Neill’s extremely belated comments on the Bobby Storey funeral are far from the apology once demanded by Mrs Foster. The demand for the deputy First Minister to step aside seems to be long forgotten. Michelle O’Neill has previously said that she will “never apologise” for attending the funeral. […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “In the immediate aftermath of the Storey funeral, Arlene Foster said she believed Michelle O’Neill should “consider her position and she should think about stepping aside.” “Today Mrs Foster tells us she would like to see “an acknowledgement that there has been damage done to confidence and to messaging […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Now that Phil Hogan has resigned it would appear that having shouted for months about the need for an all-Ireland approach to the pandemic Sinn Fein has abandoned that policy – at least in so far as it applies to politicians. In the wake of the Clifden golf dinner […]