Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“It’s an unrestrained ‘good riddance’ from TUV to the Sinn Fein puppet, Simon Bryne.
“He leaves behind a demoralised and politically compromised PSNI, making the top priority now its political decontamination. If it is to be a police service for all, then, it must be in the pocket of none – and that includes not just Sinn Fein but also the NIO and the ever meddling Dublin Government.
“The Policing Board too is severely damaged by this saga, because it, foolishly and clearly having learned nothing from Bryne’s shameful surrender of the streets of Belfast to the IRA for the Storey funeral, meekly reappointed this failed Chief Constable just 4 months ago. Why unionist members ever agreed to such is beyond justification.”