Statement by South Antrim TUV spokesperson Mel Lucas:
“I suppose it wouldn’t matter what day of the week Mary Lou McDonald chose to issue a statement commenting on people allegedly breaching International law there would be some diabolical example of the Republican movement’s disregard for the same. It is, however, particularly telling that she would seek to lecture the UK about supposed “threats to breach international rule of law” on the anniversary of the murder of Douglas Deering, a 52 year old man gunned down in his shop in Rosslea 45 years ago today. Tellingly, Mr Deering was the last Protestant business owner left in the village – a stark example of the Provisional’s campaign of ethnic cleansing in the border areas of Northern Ireland.
“It is therefore deeply ironic, sickening one might say, that Ms McDonald should seek to lecture anyone about International standards of law particularly when it comes to the issue of the border.”