Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Republic of Ireland Sinn Fein health spokesman David Cullinane’s call for politicians who set health guidelines to resign when they breach them is breathtakingly hypocritical given the brazen flouting of health guidelines at the Storey funeral, an event attended by elected Sinn Fein figures from both sides of the border. […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: ”Last week the Finance Minister confirmed in a written answer to me that he was taken to the funeral of IRA terrorist Bobby Storey in his ministerial car. Today Minister Ní Chuilín has confirmed that she too was taken to the funeral by ministerial car. ”While O’Neill now pontificates […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Many eyes were on the Unionist community yesterday, ready to grasp any real or perceived breach of the regulations. The reality is that they were left scrabbling around desperate to find something to complain about as the vast, vast majority heeded the Orange advice to have a Twelfth at […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “If Mrs Foster accepts this she is clearly putting expediency before principle. O’Neill’s “sorry for you hurt but I didn’t cause it” is breathtaking in its arrogance. It cannot be good enough for anyone who has read the heartbreaking stories which have come into public representatives of the sacrifices […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The revelation that in addition to a PSNI facilitated glorification event at the Republican plot in the Cemetery, Belfast City Council abdicated control of Roselawn to Sinn Fein/IRA stewards, adds a whole new dimension to the Bobby Storey saga. “If, as now appears, the funeral went to the cemetery […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The ‘Pledge of Office’ which Michele O’Neill took is clear. “It committed her “to support the rule of law unequivocally in word and deed”. “The rule of law, as it affects the current controversy, is emphatically set out in Regulations 5, 6 and 6A of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “Happily with COVID-19 in retreat, maintaining 11 COVID Centres across Northern Ireland is untenable. “As the response to the attached Assembly Question shows their use has been modest – only 6473 visits over an 8 week period, but at a cost of £1,538,400 – an average of almost £240 […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The extension of free school meals over the summer holidays will be welcomed across the UK with Wales and Scotland already confirming that the scheme will be extended to pupils within their jurisdiction. However, in Northern Ireland, we have the nonsense of Conor Murphy telling us that he is […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “While I do not question the dedication of some ministers, particularly the Health minister, nor do I question the sincerity and effort of many, the Executive’s collective handling of the easing of lockdown evinces signs of a desire to play the public as supplicants, grateful for their every incremental […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “The Parades Commission has no function or role in enforcing the Coronavirus Regulations. “Yet, it has taken it upon itself to refuse applications and direct some who have filed 11/1 notifications to withdraw them. “An example in my constituency illustrates the point. Two lambeg drummers served a 11/1 notice […]