Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
The News Letter is reporting that Traditional Unionist Voice MEP, Jim Allister is rather irate after discovering that North-South funding expenditure is rising from £119 million in 2007 to £130 million in the period 2008-10. He forgot to mention the 30% increase for the Ulster-Scots Agency.
Though Cowards Flinch (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
Reading over a short BBC article on the subject of the IRA Army Council, I’m struck by the extent to which the media have the wrong priorities. Take for instance the article above. The one person quoted at greater length than all the others is Traditional Unionist MEP Jim Allister, who split from the DUP and [...]
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Could be a good one tonight… Slugger hears the line up will include Margaret Ritchie, Jim Allister fresh back from Strasbourg, Finance Minister Nigel Dodds, and David McWilliams… Feel free to comment throughout the programme…
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
DUP LEADER Peter Robinson must face reality, accept that mandatory coalition does not work and part from "Sinn Féin/IRA", MEP Jim Allister told the first annual conference of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) party in Belfast.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The first conference of Jim Allister's Traditional Unionist Voice party offered little by way of practical politics, but did lay the foundations for the European elections, writes
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Pete has mentioned part of Jim Allister’s speech to the TUV conference below but I thought another blog on the conference and speech (here is the full text) might be acceptable. I know that I am biased but I am sorry to be forced to inform slugger readers that the members almost without exception had only one head each. They seemed relatively sane: no one said or did anything terribly mad. We all had...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
If the current circumstances continue, Peter Robinson might just be tempted to take Jim Allister’s advice.. “The argument against voluntary coalition is oh, you can't have devolution without Sinn Fein in government. Why not? Because, some whisper, we might go back to the bad old days. Who would take us there? Surely not those we are assured have given up violence for good? If Sinn Fein are only...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Independent.ie Saturday November 08 2008 A former DUP member opposed to sharing power with republicans has appealed to voters to help him bring down Northern Ireland's coalition government. Jim Allister who now leads the TUV has told delegates at his new party's first conference they must take on the DUP to defend the Union. The MEP was elected to the European Parliament on a DUP ticket but left the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The Traditional Unionist Voice MEP Jim Allister tells his party conference mandatory coalition must end.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The Traditional Unionist Voice MEP Jim Allister urges the DUP to tell Gordon Brown that power sharing is not working.
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
On Wednesday I highlighted a remark carried attributed to Jim Allister in the News Letter. “A vote for any unionist other than a TUV candidate will be interpreted as an endorsement of Sinn Fein/IRA's place in government.” A representative of the TUV has contacted me to point out that Mr Allister was misquoted in the original article. The press release to which it referred actually stated the following....
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Chekov has picked up on remarks by Jim Allister following a number of attacks on the TUV and Allister at the DUP Party Conference. Allister commented: “a vote for any unionist other than a TUV candidate will be interpreted as an endorsement of Sinn Fein/IRA’s place in government.” The UUP/TUV moves had angered the Tories and Empey moved quickly to deny any TUV-UUP pact. In the original UUP/TUV statement...
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
If there is any lingering suspicion that Sir Reg Empey struck an electoral pact with the TUV, Jim Allister’s latest remark about the European election should dispel it. “A vote for any unionist other than a TUV candidate will be interpreted as an endorsement of Sinn Fein/IRA's place in government.” Whatever talks took place, the two parties are not on the same page.
Redemption's Son (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
The UUP are at it again! No I'm not joking, they are going to enter talks with yet another political party. First we had the flirtation with the PUP/UVF , then the Conservative Party 'ongoing' negotiations, then we had the 'electoral pact' with Jim Allister's TUV and now we have Sir Reg going to talk with the DUP. Who's next?! From the News Letter report : Central will be the need to increase the unionist...
Redemption's Son (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Martina Purdy and Mick Fealty respectively have picked up on Jim Allister's assessment of an Northern Ireland Office consultation document that includes a clause on the replacement of an MEP (in the event of a resignation, death or permanent incapacity) that the party's nominating officer simply selects a replacement. In this case it is not making Northern Ireland the anomaly, but bringing Northern...
