Statement by TUV vice-chair Richard Cairns: “The admission of Edwin Poots this morning that Sinn Fein and the IRA are “largely the same thing” highlights the deep immorality of the DUP’s decision to resume business as usual yesterday. “In 2007 the DUP claimed that they would only enter government with Sinn Fein/IRA once “all paramilitary […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Bad enough to sit in government with IRA/Sinn Fein under the false pretence that all their military structures and weapons were gone, but to rush back into the arms of Sinn Fein after authoritative confirmation that the IRA not only exists, but murders, has weapons and an illegal Army […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today’s report could not be clearer. Not only is the Army Council still in place. It oversees Sinn Fein strategy. To quote directly: “PIRA members believe that the Provisional Army Council oversees both the PIRA and Sinn Fein with an overarching strategy.” “The 2007 DUP manifesto – the one […]
Responding to Peter Robinson’s piece in today’s Belfast Telegraph Jim Allister said: “It has been obvious for some time that the DUP are mad keen to get back to business as usual with Sinn Fein/IRA. In fact, there was no desire to break it off in the first place. The farce of repeated resignations and […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “There had been an expectation that the report into paramilitary activity would be published this week but there is still no sign of it – at least as far as the public are concerned. It is, however, obvious that the ground work is being laid for a resumption of […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The legalising of the IRA, an organisation which brought death and destruction to countless homes in Northern Ireland and further afield, would be monstrous and a gross insult to innocent victims. That this suggestion should be floated just days before the publication of a report into paramilitary activity is, […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The narrative of “the peace process” has been one of pandering to proscribed organisations whose might trumps the rights of ordinary law abiding citizens, many of whose lives these organisations have made a misery. “To reach the point that a chief architect of this process, Jonathan Powell, tells us […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “What I heard from Martin McGuinness tonight in his Eamonn Mallie interview was the gloating of an unrepentant terrorist, who, not for the first time, should be interviewed by the PSNI about his terrorist exploits and his glorification of terrorism. “As ever he ran away from the truth. Truth […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “It is clear from Arlene Foster’s comments last night that the DUP are preparing to resume business as usual with Sinn Fein in spite of the fact that just weeks ago she described them as “inextricably linked” to the IRA, a terror group which recently shot a man in […]
A TUV delegation today met with the Chief Constable, to discuss the present status of the IRA and the ongoing security concerns surrounding republican terrorism. Jim Allister MLA was accompanied by Party Vice- Chairman Richard Cairns from South Antrim and Cllr Stephen Cooper from Ards and North Down Borough Council. Party Leader Jim Allister commented: […]