Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The answer to an Assembly Question has confirmed a dramatic fall of over £100m in EU funding to Northern Ireland last year. This 25% drop puts beyond doubt that even Northern Ireland is a net contributor to the EU. “Previous answers to me put total funding at £433m in […]
Commenting on the visit of former Prime Ministers Sir John Major and Tony Blair to Northern Ireland TUV leader Jim Allister said: “The credibility of both Sir John Major and Tony Blair is close to zero when it comes to the EU. “Sir John brought the UK Black Wednesday because of his fixation with keeping […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The scaremongering from the Remain campaign about the future of farming outside the EU begs the question if they have ever paused to consider the parlous state of agriculture inside the EU! “Here is the reality of farming under Brussels control:- * hideous bureaucracy; * ludicrous rules; * nonsense […]
Statement by TUV Court Councillor Jolene Bunting: “The UK is a huge net contributor to the EU, pouring £20 billion every year into the bottomless pit of Brussels. We have been giving more money to the EU than we get back for 40 years. The gross cost of EU membership to the UK is £50m […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The strain that immigration puts on essential services is something which is frequently cited as an issue of concern on the doorstep. While the Remain campaign likes to falsely portray any such sensible questioning as racist and scaremongering, figures which I have today obtained in answer to an Assembly […]
Statement by Jim Allister MLA: “George Osborne’s claims today about the border with the Republic of Ireland are his pitiful attempt to create a local version of Project Fear. “He claimed that the we would have to pay a tariff on goods to the Republic. Wrong. The free trade area stretches from non-EU Iceland to […]
Statement by Jim Allister MLA:- “As the EU Referendum hots up I am delighted that one of the foremost leaders of the Vote Leave campaign is coming to speak in Ballymena. Dan Hannan, Conservative MEP for SE England, during his two day visit to Northern Ireland will address a public Leave campaign meeting in the […]
Statement by TUV South Down Assembly candidate Henry Reilly: “In the event of Brexit the £20 billion per annum, which presently goes into the bottomless pit of Brussels, will be available for the UK to spend on its own people. Northern Ireland must get its fair share. “Under the Barnett consequential formula this could be […]
Statement by TUV European spokesperson and South Down Assembly candidate Councillor Henry Reilly: “TUV has been contacted by a number of employees of Bombardier who are annoyed that the company has issued an email making the case for the UK to remain in the EU. “There is no doubt that the company has overstepped the […]
Statement by TUV South Down Assembly candidate Henry Reilly: “Another day and another scare story about Brexit – this time by Davy Stockbrokers warning that Northern Ireland trade with the Republic will be harmed in the event of us leaving the EU. However, even they admit that an arrangement “similar to that with Switzerland is […]