Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“Any unionist who recognises the Protocol as the Union-dismantling instrument that it is and realises that Stormont is the key leverage that unionists have to force essential change, will not join the Sinn Fein clamour to elect a Speaker, because such surrenders a key part of that leverage and allows the facade of Stormont to function.
“Accordingly, TUV is clear that until the Protocol is rendered moribund, Stormont must remain moribund.
“Likewise, movement from unionism on mere promises and words is not an option – there has been too much double crossing in the past for that.
“Now is a time for strength, not weakness.”