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Elections

Your Chance to Answer Back

Statement by TUV North Antrim candidate Timothy Gaston: “As we enter the last few days of the campaign it is clear that many within the Unionist community feel fed up and frustrated with local politics. “In the last few months

NI Politics

O’Dowd Comments on Job Losses Raise Serious Questions

Statement by South Antrim TUV candidate Richard Cairns: “If the education budget is under the strain which O’Dowd claims it only serves to underscore the folly of his own policies. “How can he say today that we could see 1,500

NI Politics

TUV exposes more squander by DSD

Having last week  exposed the lavish spending under DUP control of DSD of neighbourhood renewal funding on the GAA, ex-prisoners, Irish language and LGBT groups, TUV leader Jim Allister has now obtained further figures from the DSD minister, Mervyn Storey

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Leaked Proposals Amount to Haass Revisited

Commenting on leaked details of a government paper circulated during the talks last week TUV leader Jim Allister said: “It is obvious that the proposals being discussed at the talks amount to a revisiting of Haass. “Northern Ireland looks set

General

Time for Equality in Education, Time to fund Burnfoot Playgroup

Statement by TUV Benbradagh councillor Boyd Douglas: “This week the Education Minister opened a new Irish language primary school in Dungiven. “On Wednesday he announced that an Irish-medium post-primary college would open in the village as well. “These developments have

NI Politics

TUV Conference 2014 – Ivor McConnell’s Address

Party Officers, Members, visitors, invited guests, and our press friends – welcome one and all to our party conference 2014, our seventh party conference. This is the occasion when we reflect upon the year that has past and look ahead

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TUV Conference 2014 – Jim Allister

Contrary to what Gerry Adams thinks, Ladies and Gentlemen. That should cover you all, unless there are some puffed up Lemmings and Pygmies  here. I certainly trust there are no thugs in the house. Think of it: the DUP puts and

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Pan nationalist front at it again

Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “With the ‘Haass initiated’ process due to resume this week, it is clearer than ever that the Haass agenda is further diminution of our Britishness. Hence, Haass’ recent demand for an Irish Language Act.

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Haass Comments Validate TUV Concerns – Girvin

Statement by TUV Castlereagh East councillor Andrew Girvin: “Comments by Richard Haass at the Tipperrary Peace Award ceremony remind us once again that the document drawn up at the end of the talks last year is fundamentally anti-Unionist. “When the

NI Politics

Where was the Unionist Opposition to Further Concessions to Republicans?

Responding to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly report on the implementation of the Belfast and St Andrews Agreements Jim Allister said: “The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly was established in July 2012 and brings together members from the devolved institutions  in the UK