Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“Now that Sinn Fein are claiming that they never said or insinuated that they would withdraw from the Policing Board, there is an onus on the Chief Constable and the PSNI to publish their records of contacts and messages relating to the issue because DCC Hamilton’s note recorded in paragraph 83(e) of yesterday’s judgement is very clear.
“If Sinn Fein hoodwinked the Chief Constable with a bluff, then he has only exposed himself to be a greater fool than previously imagined. That said, who can believe any Sinn Fein denial? Is it in the same bracket as Gerry Adams’s claim that he was never in the IRA?”