Did TUV leader Jim Allister not once say that direct rule meant Dublin rule?
TUV does not want direct rule. A vote for TUV is a vote for democratic devolution. Why should Northern Ireland be Europe’s North Korea where people are denied the right to vote a party out of government or have an opposition? What we have at the moment is already a form of joint authority where Peter Robinson cannot even sign a letter as First Minister without Martin McGuinness’s approval. And what did we see at Hillsborough but the authority of a foreign Prime Minister, Cowen, meekly accepted as co-host of the talks on an internal UK issue, policing and justice. So the DUP have already given us its own iniquitous form of joint authority. TUV stands resolutely for the Union and rejects joint authority in all its forms. The TUV always goes on about a voluntary coalition — but that would still leave the door open to Sinn Fein being part of a Stormont administration. How does that fit with all the rhetoric about republicans in government? TUV will not share power with Sinn Fein/IRA under
