This morning Jim Allister secured a Matter of the Day on the failure to deliver a pension for innocent victims injured during the terrorist campaign. Mr Allister said: “I am grateful, Mr Principal Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to raise this issue. In the week when the leader of Sinn Féin told the innocent victims […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “There is a growing funding crisis in the innocent victims’ sector. The phasing out of PEACE III funding, with no gap provision made by Stormont, has coincided with severe cuts by OFMDFM in such funding as their Victim & Survivors Service provides. Even payments under the individual needs programme […]
The following platform article appeared in Saturday’s News Letter. Since police pension regulations were reformed a few years ago there has been a glaring inequality affecting RUC widows. Under the new regulations a new police widow can retain her pension rights for life. Thus on remarriage she does not forfeit her pension. In contrast widows […]
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 […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “In reality immunity is amnesty by another name. “There are at least 3 reasons why it is unacceptable: 1. It brings further perversion and corruption to our criminal justice system. Within our, and any meaningful, criminal justice system there is no limitation period and no point when the long […]
Jim Allister has become the first party leader to officially back “A Covenant for and with innocent victims and survivors of terrorism”. Commenting Mr Allister said: “The covenant was presented by Innocent Victims United to the Haass team some weeks ago. I believe that all public representatives should study its contents carefully, especially given the […]
TUV Leader Jim Alliister MLA QC, Mid Ulster Chairman Walter Millar and Upperlands TUV representative Noel Stewart have been asked by June and the Proctor family circle to respond to the statement issued by Sinn/Fein MLA Ian Milne on the conviction and life sentence given to Seamus Martin Kearney for the murder of RUC reserve […]