Allister warns of more malevolent American meddling
22 September 2009
Speaking to the Central Council of TUV last night in Cookstown, Party Leader Jim Allister QC warned that the scene was being set for another Unionist roll-over on policing and justice.
“The hurried invitations to the Joint First Ministers to the Clinton Conference in New York, along with Gordon Brown presence in that city this week, will facilitate a concerted effort to bind Mr Robinson to delivery on the key republican demand of ending British control of policing and justice.
“Already softened up by fear of Sinn Fein forcing an Assembly election, I believe the DUP will not withstand the pressure. Of course, we can expect the sweetener of the promise of a financial package, but frankly, such a promise from an outgoing administration in
“Whether the DUP caves in now, or later, consummation of its deal with IRA/Sinn Fein is coming. Such will be the price of sustaining Stormont, but it will not be the last concession, because once you get yourself in hock to IRA/Sinn Fein they pocket what they get and move on to the next item on their insatiable shopping list.
“But whatever the short-term success in patching up the differences in the Stormont regime I believe its days are numbered. Being built on the sand of mutual vetoes and undemocratic compulsion and losing more and more public confidence with every day that passes, it cannot survive long-term. If as the Unionist conscience and bête noire of the DUP/Sinn Fein coalition TUV can hasten its demise, then, so much the better.
“Speaking of public confidence, is it the case that the Belfast Telegraph has been sitting on a poll which demonstrates a substantial haemorrhage of support away from our dysfunctional Executive. It should be no role of any newspaper to conceal the truth, so if such a poll exists, let it be published.”
