Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“Nancy Pelosi is the latest in a long line of uninformed Americans who have sought to meddle in the affairs of Northern Ireland.
“There is nothing in the Belfast Agreement which prevents Brexit. In truth the EU is barely mentioned in the document and all of its structures operate regardless of whether or not the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is in the EU or not.
“As for the nonsense about soldiers and wire – those were never features of Northern Ireland life because of trade with the Republic of Ireland. They were necessary because of the terrorist campaign in which the PIRA were the primary cause of death and destruction. Sadly the Irish Republic acted as a safe haven for terrorists who more often than not were not extradited to face justice for the crimes which they had committed.”