TUV leader Jim Allister has written to Michael Day the Chief Executive of Historic Royal Palaces and the Secretary of State calling for the parts of the Poppies at the Tower display which are set to tour the UK to visit Northern Ireland. Commenting Jim Allister said: “The poppies at the Tower of London was […]
For the avoidance of doubt Jim Allister requested a meeting with the Chief Executive of the North Eastern Education and Library Board yesterday and asked for it to take place today to discuss the tragic accident outside Cloughmills. The North Eastern Education and Library Board phoned Mr Allister’s Ballymena office offering a meeting “in a […]
Statement by North Antrim MLA Jim Allister: “I am appalled by today’s tragic news from Cloughmills. “The event is all the more distressing because just three weeks ago the mother called at my office and warned that because the Education and Library Board was failing to provide transport for her children they would be “wiped […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “There is a genuine sense of outrage that a Christian business could be persecuted not for refusing to serve a homosexual but for refusing to produce a cake carrying a message which went against their personal and sincerely held beliefs. “This is a blatant attempt by the Commission to […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The announcement that Wrightbus has won a contract to supply Transport for London with 200 new buses is a welcome boost to the local economy – particularly given the news relating to Gallahers. “Wrightbus, as so often, has proved to be a shining light in the prevailing economic gloom. […]
Statement by North Antrim MLA Jim Allister: “Hearty congratulations to all those who worked so hard to bring the Gold Award in the Champions of Champions category of Britain in Bloom to Ahoghill. Such a prestigious award is testament both to the work put into mounting and maintaining the displays and the community spirit within […]
5th Ballymena Scouts, based in St Columba’s Church of Ireland on the Doury Road, recently took part in a litter pick in Sentry Hill. The Leaders of the group had been planning their programme for the year ahead when they noticed reports in the Ballymena Times and Guardian in recent weeks highlighting the litter problems […]
Below is the text of TUV leader Jim Allister’s speech in the Assembly yesterday: “When we, as MLAs, are discussing the future or the proposed closure of schools, we are often faced with the difficulties that the school in question has. Perhaps it is underperforming or undersubscribed, and we have all those mountains to climb. […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “I am delighted with the comfortable win for the Union in Scotland. This is a good result for the whole United Kingdom. Well done to all in Scotland who fought so hard see off this attempt to break up the UK. “It is important that HMG does not snatch […]
Commenting on the passing of Lord Bannside TUV leader Jim Allister said:- “My immediate thoughts are with the bereaved family. On behalf of TUV and personally I extend condolences to his widow and children. “Whatever my considerable differences with Ian Paisley and strong disapproval of his Stormont legacy of terrorists in government, it is right […]