Sinn Fein, fellow travellers with the Communists - Allister
13 February 2009
Speaking in Ballymena at the AGM of the local TUV branch, Jim Allister MEP dealt with the deepening economic crisis and the political lessons to be learned, including the folly of nationalists supporting Sinn Fein’s Marxist agenda.
In the course of his remarks Mr Allister said:-
“The economic crisis is a reminder that for a region like Northern Ireland the best refuge is provided by the larger UK economy. Closer alignment with the dwindling economy of the Republic would be an unmitigated disaster. Thus now is a time to row back from, rather than deeper into, an all-Island economy. Already we’ve gone too far down that road. Yet, foolishly, under Belfast Agreement devolution, we are wasting millions on pointless cross-border bodies – whose every financial demand has been meekly rubber-stamped by the two DUP Ministers whom we’ve had at DFP, since devolution returned in May 07.
The nigh irrelevance of the Stormont Executive to resolving our economic ills is another inescapable feature of the present crisis. Indeed, in some sectors its management has been disastrous. Take the dioxin losses in our agri-food sector. The Executive has been running around like a headless chicken; first, foolishly thinking it could tap into the Republic’s compensation package, then, they insulted the farmers, who have suffered huge losses, by offering no compensation, followed by a miserly 25%. Then, on Tuesday past they went to Brussels to be told “Why weren’t you here two months ago, like the Irish, if this is an emergency?” The handling of this crisis has been lamentable. Lord Rooker, at his worst, would not have been more ineffective. Neither, Gildernew, nor OFMDFM, seem to have a clue.
In Europe, too, I see the craven folly of Sinn Fein. Sitting as an integral part of the Communist block, they peddle and support every anti-business proposition that comes along, whereas, deregulating and freeing up business is the essential route we must travel.
The Marxist agenda of Sinn Fein would cripple any chance of recovery and plunge us deeper into economic depression. I often wonder if those who vote Sinn Fein realise that in the European Parliament they are fellow-travellers with the Communists and avid proponents of the Marxist creed.”
