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Old Bailey Bomber to sit on section panel to pick new Chief Constable

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “What a commentary on our public and policing affairs that an Old Bailey Bomber and prison escapee will sit on the selection panel to pick the new Chief Constable. “It is little wonder that the PSNI leadership is so beholden to Sinn Fein when we remember that a practitioner […]

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McDowell honoured to host event for Justice for the 21

Statement by TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell: “I was honoured today to be able to facilitate an event at City Hall to welcome Glenn Randall and Ian Williams to Belfast after they completed their remarkable fundraising walk from Birmingham to Liverpool before rounding the trip off in Belfast. “While permission was denied for the group […]

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Councillor Ron McDowell to host event for Birmingham pub bombing victims at City Hall tomorrow at 11 am

TUV Court Councillor Ron McDowell will host an event in the Conor Room in Belfast City Hall tomorrow morning at 11 am to mark the completion of a fundraising campaign for the Justice for the 21. Justice for the 21 campaigns on behalf of the families of those who lost loved ones in the IRA […]

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Sinn Fein councillor needs to come clean on dissident links

Statement by TUV Causeway councillor and party vice chairman Allister Kyle: “In today’s Irish News convicted IRA bomber and Sinn Fein Benbradagh councillor Sean McGlinchey is quoted in a report on the threatening posters which appeared in Dungiven naming people allegedly linked to the PSNI as saying: “They got it wrong and apologised through myself.” […]

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Jelly-kneed Chief Constable must go and so too convicted criminal from the Board

Extract from a speech on Saturday evening by TUV leader Jim Allister at Mid Ulster TUV summer BBQ “This week the High Court shone a long overdue spotlight into the dark corners of the PSNI, confirming what many believed, that Sinn Fein is the puppet master of policing? “Despite all their twisting and dissembling, it […]

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TUV hits out at commemoration for woman killer

Statement by TUV Mid Ulster chairman Glenn Moore: “At a time when many claim that they are concerned about violence against women, I am disgusted that this year once again Sinn Fein have commemorated Thomas McElwee, an IRA terrorist whose contribution to what Republicans laughably describe as the struggle for freedom was the murder of […]

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Legacy Bill merely continues policy of seeing victims as an inconvenience or embarrassment

Commenting on the Bill being debated today TUV party chairman councillor Keith Ratcliffe said: “This Bill does not command the support of innocent victims of terrorism. It does not address their concerns and merely continues the policy of successive governments since the Belfast Agreement of looking at victims as best as an inconvenience and at […]

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Department of Infrastructure has serious questions to answer on IRA tweet

Statement by TUV Braid Councillor Matthew Warrick: “Traffic Watch NI’s Twitter feed should be a useful resource for the public to learn about problems motorists will encounter across Northern Ireland. It is, after all, paid for by the public as the account is run by the Department of Infrastructure. “However, the sharing of pro-terrorist material […]

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Thoughts with victims who haven’t received apologies

Statement by TUV Braid Councillor Christopher Jamieson: “My thoughts today are with the many victims who, far from receiving an apology for suffering which was much more profound and long lasting than that of the hooded men, are repeatedly re-traumatised by events like the one we saw at the weekend. “I am also deeply concerned […]

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TUV at dedication and unveiling of Coleraine memorial

Statement by Jim Allister: “I was pleased to attend the dedication and unveiling of the memorial to the innocent victims of the 1973 IRA bombing in Coleraine, along with TUV President William Ross and recently elected TUV councillors Allister Kyle and Jonathan McAuley. What a contrast with yesterday’s disgusting glorification of the IRA’s victim makers.”

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