Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “It’s simply not good enough to say that no more of these letters will be issued. There should never have been any of these letters issued in the first place and those in circulation should, as the First Minister claimed was a resigning issue, be rescinded. “If the letters […]
The following platform piece from Jim Allister appeared in today’s News Letter: The OTR scandal provides a glimpse into the political corruption and skulduggery that spawned and drove the ‘peace process’. When government, which above all ought to protect innocent victims, colludes with the victim-makers to assure them sanctuary, then, it not only betrays their […]
Every year since the Madrid bombings in 2004 the European Union has dedicated one day in March as a Memorial Day to the victims of terrorist attacks. Prior to the election of Jim Allister to the Assembly this event had never been marked at Stormont. However, the TUV leader rectified this situation and has hosted […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I welcome the inquiry announced by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee into the get out of jail free letters issued to Republican OTRs. “I also note with interested that the committee shares my feelings about the mini review announced by the Prime Minister and meekly accepted by the DUP. […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The secret negotiations with the Provos, which gifted their OTRs the comfort of effective immunity, undermined and blunted the HET’s work. While victims craved justice their government was conspiring with the victim-makers to ensure it wouldn’t be obtained. That is the obscenity of the OTR deal. “I suspect there […]
Below is Jim Allister’s speech during today’s Assembly debate: “The affirmation that justice in a democracy must be done and must be seen to be done is not only a catchphrase but a fundamental principle that underlies the operation of a judicial system. The sordid arrangement that the Government perfected with the spokesmen and representatives […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “If Peter Robinson accepts what the Prime Minister has offered, then, he will have buckled within 24 hours of playing the hard man. “Having attacked the evolution, secrecy and operation of the OTR scheme and demanded to know who they were and who knew, what the First Minister demanded […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I have today written to the Chief Constable asking how many HET investigations have been impacted by the issuing of “comfort letters” to “on the runs”. It is essential that victims have clarity on this point. “I have also written to the Attorney General, John Larkin QC, today asking […]
Reacting to the news that Republicans are organising a party in Donegal to welcome John Downey home Jim Allister said: “It is bad enough that the innocent victims of the Hyde Park bombing were betrayed by their government to prop up the grubby “peace process” in Northern Ireland but now Sinn Fein/IRA are rubbing their […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Peter Robinson’s threat to resign over the fallout from the Downey judgement is bluster. “Many of the facts surrounding these get out of jail free cards have yet to emerge but it is evident that the Government saw dealing with on the run terrorists as key to getting Stormont […]