Statement by TUV Strangford chairman Eddie Allen:
“I want to take this opportunity to both congratulate and thank Mr Bryson for securing permission to challenge the blocking on flying the Union flag permanently at war memorials in Ards and North Down.
“This is a remarkable achievement and calls into question what on earth the elected Unionist councillors of the area have been doing.
“It should not be left to a private citizen to take such steps in order to pull Alliance into line and I trust that councillors will be more diligent in future in holding them to account. If they don’t there is of course the option to replace them in a few years’ time.”