Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “In May 2007, following the appointment of Peter Robinson and Jeffrey Donaldson to the Privy Council, the DUP boasted that this would mean they would have access to secret intelligence on the IRA and loyalist paramilitaries from MI5 and other security agencies. “In the eight years since the DUP […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today’s comments by Sinn Fein Northern Ireland chairman Bobby Storey about the IRA “butterfly” and McGuinness’s remarks about state agents being behind two recent murders would be laughable were the issues involved not deadly serious. “Again we have underscored for us the reality that Sinn Fein are strangers to […]
The following platform piece by TUV vice-chair Richard Cairns appeared in today’s News Letter. A man was murdered by the IRA on the streets of Belfast. Peter Robinson called the murder of Kevin McGuigan a ‘watershed’ moment yet the DUP response amounted to boycotting the Executive. Who will notice or care if an executive which […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Peter Robinson’s announcement today ducks the real issue. “The problem isn’t that the Assembly hasn’t been suspended. The problem is that a party linked to terrorism and murder remains in government. “They remain in government solely because DUP Ministers are still clinging onto Ministerial office – unlike members of […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “Arrests are only possible when the police have reasonable suspicion of criminality. Thus, the arrest of Bobby Storey, a top leader in IRA/SF, brings this murder investigation to the very heart of the DUP’s partner in government, Sinn Fein. It is time for the DUP to wake up and […]
Statement by TUV Comber Councillor Stephen Cooper: “The statement by the Secretary of State again highlighted the weakness of the DUP’s current position as she ruled out suspending Stormont. “We were told that the Democratic Unionists would table a motion to exclude Sinn Fein/IRA. “No such motion was even tabled. “We were told that the […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today’s announcement by the DUP is shocking in that it is much weaker than even those who have seen the graduated response and the threatened resignation over On The Run letters would expect. “An Executive that doesn’t work and cannot deliver isn’t going to meet. Big deal. “While the […]
Speaking at a TUV fundraising dinner in Larne on Friday night Jim Allister said: “Events of recent days have totally vindicated the stand of TUV – the only party which has consistently argued that Sinn Fein/IRA is unfit for government. “While I welcome the fact that the UUP will join me on the opposition benches when Stormont […]
Speaking at a TUV meeting in East Belfast last night Jim Allister said: “Some have tried to tell the Unionist electorate that Sinn Fein are committed to democracy and the rule of law. Yet there are a number of undeniable facts arising from the murder of Mr McGuigan. “Firstly, the IRA as the Chief Constable […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “After all the bluster of last week and empty talk of exclusion of Sinn Fein, true to form, this week Peter Robinson has begun its retreat with time-buying talk of even more talks with their partner and IRA denier, Sinn Fein. Another process! How the IRA must be laughing. […]