Allister Responds to Sinn Fein Announcement
22 June 2012
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister"The choreography of bringing the Irish President to the same event where McGuinness is expected to meet The Queen is patent politicking and pandering to Sinn Fein, designed to dilute the singularity of British sovereignty in Northern Ireland and provide a soft landing for IRA Commander McGuinness so he can say he met both at the same time. This is a visit by the Sovereign of this nation and should not be tempered by a parallel visit from a foreign head of state.
"As for The Queen having to meet McGuinness, my sympathies are with her. Across the world she has had to meet many despots. This time it's McGuinness!"
