Lagan Valley TUV

05/09/2026

The Drumcree parading dispute was never settled – and nationalism should accept the “generous proposals” on the table from the Orange Order, North Antrim MP Jim Allister has said.

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

31/08/2026

DUP Scaremongering Cannot Hide Its Betrayal

Responding to comments by the DUP leader Jim Allister said:

“Unionism was united on a shared platform before the last Assembly elections. All Unionist parties sought and obtained a mandate on the basis of a solemn promise of “unalterable” opposition to the Irish Sea Border. Of course, once the election was out of the way, the DUP reverted to being Protocol implementors on the basis of the lies of the Donaldson deal.

“Now they face the prospect of going to the electorate again and having no credibility when it comes to honesty with the public, they seek to scare Unionists into voting for them.

“That old ploy is one of diminishing returns but let’s look at the facts when it comes to transfers.

“11 Unionist MLAs were elected with TUV transfer assistance. Mr Robinson would do well to remember that of those, eight were DUP.

“Secondly, in the aftermath of the election the Northern Ireland Assembly’s own independent analysis found that 45% of all identifiable transfers received by DUP candidates came from TUV, making TUV by far the DUP’s largest external source of transfers.

“Thirdly, a Unionist seat in Strangford was gifted to the Alliance Party because of the lack of transfers from the DUP to TUV.

“Finally, Andrew Mur is only Agriculture Minister because the DUP broke their word to the electorate and went back to being Protocol implementors. Moreover, the DUP had the option of taking the DAERA ministry and chose not to - so, there’s not much point in the DUP crying now about Muir!

“TUV is up for Unionist cooperation where that is possible and has proved that more than any other party. However, by their own actions through endorsing Donaldson’s lies and losing the trust of many, the DUP has not helped their transfer appeal.”

26/08/2026

O’Neill Ill-Placed to Lecture Unionists About the Past

Jim Allister said:

“It ill-becomes Michelle O’Neill to accuse Unionists of harking back to the past just a few weeks after she lionised the murderer of young Yvonne Dunlop.

“Where was her consideration for her family when she posed for photographs beside the grave of Thomas McElwee, whose firebomb robbed a family of a wife and a mother?

“O’Neill pontificates to others about harking back to the past while presiding over a movement which celebrates and glorifies the most vile of killers.

“Save us the hypocrisy.”

25/08/2026

Parades Commission caught out - now bow out!

Speaking outside the High Court today TUV leader Jim Allister called for Parades Commission heads to roll.

“Today High Court quashing of the Parades Commission’s determination on Drumcree is not just a landmark put down of an arrogant commission that lords it over the parading scene, but a fundamental expose of its unlawful practices and processes.

“It that dictates to others what they can and cannot do, we now find habitually ignores the law and due process in its haste to impose unwarranted conditions on parades.

“The law is clear: the Commission as a corporate body must together make determinations, but, instead, the Parades Commission was cutting corners and lacing its irregular processes with vitriolic commentary on those who disagreed with it.

“The whole Commission is culpable. Thus, the whole commission should resign. Caught out they should bow out!”

22/08/2026

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22/08/2026

HMRC have confirmed that it has spent £718m on mostly information technology from 2022 to 2025 implementing the Irish Sea border that the DUP said was gone.

A border that both the DUP and UUP as Protocol and framework implementers are helping to harden costing us all in the pocket.

Just think what that money could have been spent on if we in Northern Ireland had got Brexit and not been left under EU Rule that is Evil Union Rule. Look at the shape of our roads, hospitals, schools etc.

The Irish Sea border must go – no more second class citizens in our own country.

Stevan Patterson