Kate Hoey MP to Address TUV 2015 Conference

The TUV’s 2015 conference will take place on Saturday 28th November in the Hilton Hotel, Templepatrick with public events starting at 11am. As well as a range of topics covered by members of the party, Labour MP for Vauxhall Kate Hoey will as a special guest delivery...

Proposed Closure of Ballymena B&Q a Great Loss

Statement by Jim Allister MLA: “I am saddened to hear that the B&Q outlet in Braid Retail Park in Ballymena is set to be closed by the end of 2016. “My immediate thoughts are with the employees who will be greatly impacted by the loss of this store, and over the...

Belfast Agreement Devolution Unfixable

Statement by Jim Allister MLA: “The very fact that for the umpteenth time crisis talks are starting at Stormont is irrefutable evidence for even the slowest of learners that Belfast Agreement devolution is unfixable. Yet, once more, Northern Ireland is to be subjected...

IRA Death Threat Shows Republicans Think They Can Do What They Like

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The IRA death threat received by Martina McDonnell, a close friend of the McGuigan family, illustrates that while Unionists pontificate about Sinn Fein needing to admit that the IRA exists or practice political hokey cokey with...

Unionists (Again) Get Nothing

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “It is now clear that the Government has decided to call the bluff of weak Unionism. “Having heard it all before when it came to OTR letters and the graduated response they, like the electorate, clearly don’t take the threats of...

What Did DUP Know about IRA?

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “In May 2007, following the appointment of Peter Robinson and Jeffrey Donaldson to the Privy Council, the DUPboasted that this would mean they would have access to secret intelligence on the IRA and loyalist paramilitaries from...

First Stage of New SpAd Bill Today

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today I moved the first stage of my new Special Advisers Bill. The Bill is designed to curb the Stormont Executive’s excessive spend on Special Advisers by reducing the number of SpAds in OFMdFM from 8 to 4 and linking their...

Stormont Set for new Depths of Pantomime Farce

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “News that Peter Robinson plans to renominate Ministers who will then resign again means that Stormont is set for new lows of pantomime farce. “All of the shenanigans in Stormont to date will pale into insignificance and it will...