Sinn Fein – economic buffoons
05 October 2012
TUV Leader Jim Allister has labelled Sinn Fein’s belated attempt to delay the Welfare Reform Bill as “a cynical stunt” by a party desperate to deceive its supporters into believing it is fighting Tory policies.
“The Welfare Reform Bill would not even be up for its 2nd stage debate on Tuesday if Sinn Fein had not nodded it through the Executive. So, it’s a bit late to get all macho now.
“Of course, the truth is that Sinn Fein will be content to see others vote it through, rather than carry the can for the huge block grant cuts which would result from its rejection. Sinn Fein’s supposed stance against ‘Tory cuts’ is a phoney war, conducted merely for the optics.
“They could have totally blocked the Bill in the Executive, but meekly assented to its passage.
“Their stance once more exposes the barrenness of their economic approach: they demand ever more state benefits, but never face up to the reality that it is the British connection which funds them. They talk foolishly about fiscal powers for Stormont, without ever thinking about the reality that our local tax take does not match our spending. Sinn Fein are the economic buffoons of Stormont.”
