With the Dublin Parliament already having debated the fall-out from the Smithwick Report, the TUV leader Jim Allister has called for a full debate on Smithwick in Stormont. Commenting Jim Allister said, “When you have a report which confirms that the two most senior...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Gerry Adams’s claim that Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Supt Bob Buchanan died because of a “laissez faire disregard for their own security” is utterly sickening. “The Officers were murdered because bloodthirsty terrorists...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Smithwick is a devastating exposure of the Garda complicity in IRA murder. “The report has confirmed what we already knew. Throughout the Troubles the Republic was effectively a safe haven for Republican criminals and it comes as...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The apparent suggestion by Richard Haass that Northern Ireland should consider a new flag is totally unacceptable. “No country’s flag is neutral. It is a symbol of that country. An emblem of sovereignty. The flying of Union Flag...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “As we approach the first anniversary of Union Flag being torn down from Belfast City Hall it is worth remembering that the situation at the seat of Northern Ireland’s devolved government, Stormont, has not changed. Currently the...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “One of my first acts as an MLA was to ask a series of questions across all departments about pay and allowances to Special Advisers. “The question to Nelson McCausland’s department was tabled on 17th June 2011. “The question was...
TUV has announced that the party’s annual conference will have a focus on innocent victims this year. Speaking ahead of the event leader Jim Allister said: “2013 has been a year when victims’ issues, after being forgotten and ignored for much too long have come to the...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “More than four months ago (8th July) the Civil Service Special Advisers Bill received Royal Assent. That meant that multiple murderer Paul Kavanagh had 3 weeks to activate the appeal mechanism to an independent panel on specified...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “I am astounded to discover through probing by an Assembly Question that last year our local health service spent almost £40m on litigation – £17.5m on legal costs and £21.5m on paying out compensation! This £40m...
Statement by Jim Allister MLA: “The new outworking of the unaccountable, undemocratic and unwanted EU is to impose the Tobacco Products Directive which has the potential to add fuel to the already well lit fire of the illegal tobacco market that is lining the pockets...
