What a pitiful story
04 November 2008
Statement by Jim Allister MEP in answer to Mervyn Storey MLA
"So today when the DUP Press Office spun its propaganda wheel it chose Mervyn Storey as the purveyor of its latest single transferable diatribe against me.
If I am so "out of step" with the electorate, as Mervyn would like to pretend, then why is he so concerned with me defending my seat in Europe. Of course the DUP would like to avoid being called to account at the polls over their partnership with IRA/Sinn Fein, but I'm afraid, if they enter this race, they will be disappointed because, if spared, I'll be there not just to defend my record in Europe but to ensure the Unionist electorate has the opportunity to give its verdict on their clutching of Sinn Fein to their bosom in government.
It is utter hypocrisy for the DUP to pretend concern about Sinn Fein topping the poll when they put them right to the top of government, as their equal. It's Mervyn who should be asking himself searching questions as to how, without blushing, he will daily prop up Sinn Fein in government in Stormont and then go out at night in North Antrim to knock doors to exhort a vote for the DUP in order to defeat Sinn Fein! What a joke!
The reality of the European Election is very simple. There are two sitting unionist MEPs defending their seats and if a third party enters the race then it is they who will be splitting the vote. It's not too late for the DUP to pull back, if they genuinely care about retaining two unionist voices in Brussels."
