Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “First and foremost my thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones in the IRA’s Hyde Park bombing, and all other victims of the 187 afforded amnesty. They have been cruelly denied justice because of a sordid deal with a Government which evidently viewed keeping the corrupt “peace process” […]
Commenting on the judgment in the case of John Downey Jim Allister said: “John Anthony Downey was accused of the most horrendous crimes. The Hyde Park bombing cost the lives of four people – Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young. “The bombing with which he was charged […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “The nigh hysterical chorus demanding the removing of flags from the Giro d’Italia route sets a recent reply from the DRD minister in an interesting context. “I asked Minister Kennedy: To ask the Minister for Regional Development what progress has been made in securing the removal of terrorist commemorations […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I am disappointed, but from previous experience not terribly surprised, that I have not been afforded the opportunity to question the Justice Minister about the proposed visit of an IRA escapee to a prison in order to discuss his book The Escape. “While it is welcome that Gerry Kelly’s […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “When the Assembly debated the appointment of Douglas Bain as Assembly Commissioner for Standards I expressed my disappointment with the choice of someone who so neatly fitted within the quango circuit. My view that Mr Bain is completely unsuited for the role is reinforced by the fact that he […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister MLA: “I am dismayed that for the vile crime of aiding and abetting terrorism, linked to the callous murder of Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar, that Marian McGlinchey has received a paltry suspended sentence. “The Quinsey and Azimkar families, like many other families who have suffered such a […]
TUV’s analysis of the Haass proposals General observations: 1. Throughout the document there is not a single acknowledgement that for 30 years we faced a campaign of vicious terrorism; instead “terrorism” is sanitised down to “the conflict”, inferring the mutual responsibility of the terroriser and the terrorised. The IRA escapes even a single mention. The […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Co-First Minister Robinson’s announcement that he is prepared to consider immunity for terrorists is not surprising given that he has accepted self-confessed IRA commander McGuinness as a suitable partner in government. However, it is none the less shocking and deeply offensive to victims. “In spite of what the media […]
With the Dublin Parliament already having debated the fall-out from the Smithwick Report, the TUV leader Jim Allister has called for a full debate on Smithwick in Stormont. Commenting Jim Allister said, “When you have a report which confirms that the two most senior RUC officers to die were murdered in consequence of information supplied […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Gerry Adams’s claim that Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Supt Bob Buchanan died because of a “laissez faire disregard for their own security” is utterly sickening. “The Officers were murdered because bloodthirsty terrorists went out to gun them down. They were murdered because the Garda in Dundalk who they […]