Get Marty's hand off the steering wheel - Allister
25 June 2008
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister in response to DUP announcement of two new units to resist Sinn Fein agenda:-
"Which DUP are we to believe? The one which says the Union has never been stronger, that they have derailed the Sinn Fein agenda and that Unionist confidence is at an all-time high, or the one which says we need, not one, but two new units to lead a fightback against the denuding of Ulster of its Britishness etc?
It was the DUP which delivered IRA/Sinn Fein to the heart of government, where it has relentlessly destroyed our education system, promoted Irish language schools and culture, and now broadcasting, and made republicanism stronger than ever by the daily working of all-Ireland institutions. DUP can't credibly cosy up to Sinn Fein by day in Stormont and fight them by night in a "Cultural & Policy Unit".
Yes, our Britishness is being eroded. Yes, everything possible should be done to reverse it, but the starting point is to rid ourselves of the rigged, undemocratic system of government which elevates the chief enemies of the Union to the very heart of power in our land. Only when the DUP decouples itself from the disastrous policy of putting and keeping unrepentant terrorists at the heart of government, can any substance attach to its latest gestures towards its diminishing electoral base. You can't let Martin McGuinness' hand on the steering wheel and then with honesty and credibility complain about where you are being steered!"
