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Date Posted: Thu, Jun 11 2009, 17:04:55 PDT
Author: wwww.ia-pl.org
Subject: Allister rebukes Paisley

ALLISTER RESPONDS TO PAISLEY CHALLENGE 06/11/09 05:42 EST

Jim Allister of the TUV (Traditional Unionist Voice) has
said he will let the electorate decide in a battle for the
North Antrim Westminster seat.

Mr Allister indicated he intends to challenge Ian Paisley's
seat after the performance of Traditional Unionist Voice in
the European election.

On Wednesday, the DUP MP issued a challenge to the TUV leader.

Speaking from Westminster, Mr Paisley said his former DUP
colleague was "very welcome to come and get a hiding in
North Antrim".

Mr Paisley said although the TUV polled well in the European
elections, his party was still defeated by the DUP.

He said: "The election was won because he didn't get a seat.
He stole the seat from me, Jim Allister had not political
breath except for what he took from me."

Speaking today, Mr Allister said the former DUP leader's
words were "hollow".

"Ian Paisley tries to claim it as a triumph. He says there
was no defeat, everyone knows there was a defeat," he said.

"If the DUP are in the business of sleepwalking out of
Monday into the future, well I'm quite content that the good
people of North Antrim and elsewhere will continue to give
us the resounding type of result there was on Monday. What
we need is a system where you can have opposition, people
who are both in and out of government."

"A voluntary coalition where those that are in government
are bound by policies that they all support."

Traditional Unionist Voice took almost 70,000 votes from the
DUP.
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