Friday 22 January 2010

NI not British, says TUV

Jim Allister's TUV has inadvertently admitted that it doesn't actually consider Northern Ireland or its inhabitants to be British. The slip-up (Freudian?) is in their newly-released 'Fact Sheet' on policing and justice:


"As some Unionists prepare to gift Sinn Fein their key strategic demand of ending British control of policing and justice".

So, to the TUV, the Executive is not British, David Ford (if it is he) is not British … does Allister even see himself as British?

Words that speak for themselves, indeed!

7 comments:

Nordie Northsider said...

I wouldn't get too excited about that. Confused terminology is to be expected in the weird world of partitioned Ireland. Many good Republicans have a habit of saying 'Ireland' when referring to the Republic, for example. Ultimately, it doesn't mean much.

Nordie Northsider said...

I wouldn't get too excited about that. Confused terminology is to be expected in the weird world of partitioned Ireland. Many good Republicans have a habit of saying 'Ireland' when referring to the Republic, for example. Ultimately, it doesn't mean much.

Anonymous said...

Whoooooooooosh...........

Horseman said...

Don't worry about my grip on reality, Nordie Northsider, I was only poking fun at poor Jim's bad editing skills. You'd think a QC would not make such an elementary mistake.

bangordub said...

I doubt Jim has a marketing department lined up, might be a fun job?

Nordie Northsider said...

Doh! Now I get it. But, it's no wonder Jim makes the odd editorial blunder: the TUV is such a one-man band that Jim probably dictates the text, types it up, proofs it, takes it to the printers, collects it and delivers it personally from door to door.

I've just returned from a short holiday abroad, during which I heard very little of what was happening in the Wee Six. I'm still reeling: serious talk of SF as the biggest party in the Assembly, talk of Unionist pacts and collapsing the Assembly, Irisgate...
Well done on the posts. You're doing as good a job as anyone can of trying to discern some pattern in the mad series of events.

Anonymous said...

As an North American outsider I have to agree with Nordie Northsider on this. N.I. is rather confusing and has odd terminology. I have caught some flak myself for terms like Eire, using Ulster for N.I. etc..