Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I welcome the belated acknowledgement – after months of correspondence and questions to the Minister for Justice – that my amendment to the Public Service Pensions Bill applies to ALL police widows, including those who were widowed and remarried before 1st January 1989. “This has been my contention from […]
The following is Jim Allister’s speech during yesterday’s debate in the Assembly: “The murder by the IRA of Paul Quinn was truly horrific, and it instantly gave rise to totally brazen and disingenuous spinning by Sinn Féin. At the time that that horrific murder occurred, it was, as it still is, politically inconvenient. It is […]
Reacting to comments by the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights Nils Muizneiks Jim Allister said: “Nils Muizneiks’s comments will cut little ice with innocent victims who have seen millions of Euros pumped into ex-prisoner groups and facilities like the Ti Chulainn Centre in South Armagh where children posed as terrorists for photographs. Where […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “On 16th October the DUP issued a statement in the name of Peter Weir saying that “No self-respecting Unionist will be present in any meeting to discuss internal Northern Ireland business where a seat at the table is given to the Irish representatives”. “This appeared to be a welcome […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “Of course it is right that Junior minister Jennifer McCann should be pursued and called to account in the Assembly over her actions and inactions in the Mairia Cahill case, but there is something hypocritical in the DUP’s blind eye approach to the fact that they are content to […]
Commenting on the Secretary of State’s announcement that Kincora would not be included in the UK wide abuse Inquiry, TUV vice chair Richard Cairns said: “There have been many revelations and insinuations over the years in relation to the Kincora abuse scandal that ruined so many young lives. What is needed is the truth about […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I was shocked to discover today that the Police Ombudsman’s office has written to victims’ families advising them that due to a loss of 25% of the staff involved in what they term “historic investigations” the work on the cases “cannot be completed before 2025”. “Some of those who […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “Tonight through BBC Spotlight we had a further expose of Sinn Fein and Adams’ cover ups of sexual abuse allegations and failure to report complaints to the lawful authorities. Withholding information is but one of the criminal offences which should come into play. “But the PSNI also has questions […]
Statement by TUV Leader, Jim Allister:- “The Kingsmills Inquest is being frustrated by the failure of the Garda to cooperate. For months the Coroner has been asking them for files and for months they have failed to respond. The matter has been commented on several times in the Coroner’s Court, most recently on Friday 3rd […]
TUV has described the policy of delivering an end to the HET by starving it of funds as a political ploy to try and induce unionists to agree a fresh legacy approach, such as envisaged in Haass. TUV leader Jim Allister said, “Sinn Fein has long demanded the end of the HET. Now, by starving it of […]