Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Later today the Assembly will debate a motion calling for Gerry Kelly to be suspended for five days after the Standards Commissioner found that he had breached the MLA Code of Conduct by clinging to the bonnet of a PSNI land rover at last year’s Tour of the North […]
Commenting on today’s decision by the Parades Commission to impose restrictions on the Tour of the North parade TUV Court councillor Jolene Bunting said: “I am disappointed by today’s determination by the Parades Commission. “Yesterday the Orange Order displayed a willingness to accommodate concerns with their unilateral announcement that only hymns would be played when […]
Statement by TUV Court councillor Jolene Bunting: “Having made a strong representation to the Parades Commission arguing that this Saturday’s parade should go ahead I am disappointed but not surprised by the determination. “Once again the Commission has proved to be an instrument which enforces cultural apartheid and has exacerbated tensions in the area. “For […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I am disappointed that the Speaker has declined my request for an urgent oral question to the Justice Minister following Martin McGuinness’s disgraceful comments about the Orange Order. “The filled and pernicious alignment by McGuinness of the Orange Order with the UVF sets up Orange Halls, parades and personnel […]
TUV Leader is seeking to table an urgent oral question to the Justice Minister in the Assembly on Monday. The question, which requires the consent of the Speaker, focuses on the threat now posed to Orange Halls and personnel by McGuinness equating the Orange Order to the UVF, is in the following terms:- “To ask […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “It is certainly no surprise to me that the Haass process is putting pressure on unionists. It was never designed to do otherwise. All such international involvement has the same tilt, because the Dublin/London/Washington nexus, which drives the process, is consciously anti-unionist. It was the same when Mitchell was […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “From the outset of the Haass process I have warned that Unionism and innocent victims have nothing left to give. Now, it is clear, that this is precisely what is being demanded. Unionist participants will be judged, not by their posturing, but by what they finally concede when subjected […]