We are the youth wing of the Democratic Unionist Party at the University of Ulster's four campuses in Belfast, Jordanstown, Coleraine and Londonderry (Magee). Our aim is to provide a unifying force for all those who subscribe to traditional Unionist values.
News….About Us….Join Us….Events….Campaigns
The completion of Devolution & a new start for parading
DUP Leader and First Minister, Rt Hon Peter Robinson MP, today said,
"This is a good day for Northern Ireland. The agreement we have reached today secures the progress that we have made in recent years and keeps Northern Ireland moving forward to a better future.
No future generation would forgive us for squandering the peace that has been so long fought for. Today’s agreement is the surest sign that there will be no going back to the past.
I believe that we have taken a considerable step to secure the prize of a stable and peaceful Northern Ireland. With this agreement I believe that we have laid the foundations for a better future for us all.
Too often we can forget how far we have come in recent years. Today we take for granted the progress that we have made and the relative peace that we have secured. But we can not be complacent.
No sane person wants to go back to the carnage and violence that we have endured for the last generation.
In the next few weeks we will take this agreement to the people of Northern Ireland. We will ask the to endorse the agreement that has been reached today and to take a considerable step forward.
With the necessary community confidence and the faithful implementation of this agreement we will move to agree the devolution of policing and justice on 9th March.
This agreement provides for the completion of devolution and a new start for parading. It will mean a new start for Executive business and a refocusing on the issues that matter to the people of Northern Ireland. And it will mean that the police will have the resources to deal with the challenges that they face.
For too long we have been distracted and diverted by the issue of Policing and Justice. Today is the not just the end of one phase but the beginning of another where we must work to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland.
I do not pretend that this agreement has been easy to reach. Compromises did not come quickly or easily. It has been hard fought on all sides but will be all the more secure for the time that has been invested in it.
Politics is not a spectator sport. This has not been a pretty process. But through the last few weeks the real story is that this is a sign of politics working.
We have faced many difficulties and challenges but this agreement is the surest sign that we are not going back to the bad old days of the past.
Sometimes through painful experience we have learnt many lessons over the last few years. There are some who will play politics with this agreement; that is understandable but the real focus in the months to come must be to build an administration at Stormont that all can identify with and support.
I think that I can speak with some certainty when I say that in coming to this agreement we have not been rushed. I am grateful for the role that the Prime Minister and Secretary of State have played in recent weeks. I am also grateful for the contribution that the Taiseach and the Irish Foreign Minister have played.
This negotiation has been a marathon not a sprint. But I believe that the agreement will be more enduring and secure because of it. I also believe that it is stronger because it has been made in Ulster. While we have had assistance from outside it is local people that made this agreement and will make it work.
We have tested the endurance of the Governments over the last few weeks and once or twice we may have tested their patience as well.
It is almost forty years since the people of Northern Ireland had responsibility for our own policing and justice powers. This agreement provides the potential that in just a few months time we will once again take responsibility for these key powers. This agreement ensures that as a society we continue to move forward to a better future.
I believe that this agreement lays the foundation for a better future for everyone in Northern Ireland and will secure the Assembly for decades to come."
"This is a good day for Northern Ireland. The agreement we have reached today secures the progress that we have made in recent years and keeps Northern Ireland moving forward to a better future.
No future generation would forgive us for squandering the peace that has been so long fought for. Today’s agreement is the surest sign that there will be no going back to the past.
I believe that we have taken a considerable step to secure the prize of a stable and peaceful Northern Ireland. With this agreement I believe that we have laid the foundations for a better future for us all.
Too often we can forget how far we have come in recent years. Today we take for granted the progress that we have made and the relative peace that we have secured. But we can not be complacent.
No sane person wants to go back to the carnage and violence that we have endured for the last generation.
In the next few weeks we will take this agreement to the people of Northern Ireland. We will ask the to endorse the agreement that has been reached today and to take a considerable step forward.
With the necessary community confidence and the faithful implementation of this agreement we will move to agree the devolution of policing and justice on 9th March.
This agreement provides for the completion of devolution and a new start for parading. It will mean a new start for Executive business and a refocusing on the issues that matter to the people of Northern Ireland. And it will mean that the police will have the resources to deal with the challenges that they face.
For too long we have been distracted and diverted by the issue of Policing and Justice. Today is the not just the end of one phase but the beginning of another where we must work to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland.
I do not pretend that this agreement has been easy to reach. Compromises did not come quickly or easily. It has been hard fought on all sides but will be all the more secure for the time that has been invested in it.
Politics is not a spectator sport. This has not been a pretty process. But through the last few weeks the real story is that this is a sign of politics working.
We have faced many difficulties and challenges but this agreement is the surest sign that we are not going back to the bad old days of the past.
Sometimes through painful experience we have learnt many lessons over the last few years. There are some who will play politics with this agreement; that is understandable but the real focus in the months to come must be to build an administration at Stormont that all can identify with and support.
I think that I can speak with some certainty when I say that in coming to this agreement we have not been rushed. I am grateful for the role that the Prime Minister and Secretary of State have played in recent weeks. I am also grateful for the contribution that the Taiseach and the Irish Foreign Minister have played.
This negotiation has been a marathon not a sprint. But I believe that the agreement will be more enduring and secure because of it. I also believe that it is stronger because it has been made in Ulster. While we have had assistance from outside it is local people that made this agreement and will make it work.
We have tested the endurance of the Governments over the last few weeks and once or twice we may have tested their patience as well.
It is almost forty years since the people of Northern Ireland had responsibility for our own policing and justice powers. This agreement provides the potential that in just a few months time we will once again take responsibility for these key powers. This agreement ensures that as a society we continue to move forward to a better future.
I believe that this agreement lays the foundation for a better future for everyone in Northern Ireland and will secure the Assembly for decades to come."
Royal Navy Career Opportunities Banned and Rejected by University Student Union?
I thought i would take this opportunity to update you all on a matter at the University. The Royal Navy recently approached the Uni of Ulster Students Union
with a simple request to advertise Career opportunities via placing a few "Royal Navy" posters around the Union for interested students.
This idea was binned upon arrival, and the request was formally "Rejected" by the executive of your students Union claiming that "it is contrary to the decision made last year to ban military organisations advertising within the Union"
(For the record this Union is based within a University that proudly holds a respected careers fair each year, where many employers and opportunities are present.)
Now, excuse my forthright approach here, but this is a Students Union which has various posters for political parties and careers visible within it, including for example Sinn Fein posters, (despite the clear fact that Sinn Fein has proudly labelled itself the political voice of the "Militant" provisional IRA for much of its' history.)
This students Union claims to represent all of its' students, yet did not seek to democratically ask the students their opinion on this matter in their own Union. So, we will do it for them.
DO YOU AS A STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AGREE THAT ROYAL NAVY CAREERS SHOULD BE FORMALLY REJECTED and BANNED FROM YOUR STUDENTS UNION?
with a simple request to advertise Career opportunities via placing a few "Royal Navy" posters around the Union for interested students.
This idea was binned upon arrival, and the request was formally "Rejected" by the executive of your students Union claiming that "it is contrary to the decision made last year to ban military organisations advertising within the Union"
(For the record this Union is based within a University that proudly holds a respected careers fair each year, where many employers and opportunities are present.)
Now, excuse my forthright approach here, but this is a Students Union which has various posters for political parties and careers visible within it, including for example Sinn Fein posters, (despite the clear fact that Sinn Fein has proudly labelled itself the political voice of the "Militant" provisional IRA for much of its' history.)
This students Union claims to represent all of its' students, yet did not seek to democratically ask the students their opinion on this matter in their own Union. So, we will do it for them.
DO YOU AS A STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AGREE THAT ROYAL NAVY CAREERS SHOULD BE FORMALLY REJECTED and BANNED FROM YOUR STUDENTS UNION?
Jim Allister Delivering a Sinn Fein Agenda
Jim Allister, who who labels himself as "The defender" of Traditional Unionist values is doing nothing of the sort. Rather than defending Unionism and strengthening it, his bitter scare-mongering tirades are in fact threatening to split and damage Unionism.
DUP Assembly Member Edwin Poots MLA said the following:
“The only Unionist seeking to deliver a Sinn Fein agenda is Jim Splitter Allister who openly confesses his desire to split Unionism and thereby make Sinn Fein the largest party in Stormont. Jim Splitter Allister has a proven track record of being wrong on policing and justice issues. TUV claimed Sinn Fein was going to hold the ministry, they warned it was a step closer to a United Ireland and told us that Martin McGuinness was going to be appointing judges. On every single one of those claims TUV prophecies of impending doom have been shown to be false. No matter in what flowery language Jim Splitter Allister chooses to present his case, the reality is that it is bogus.”
Peter is our leader!
The University of Ulster DUP wishes to express our full support for Peter Robinson, party leader during this difficult time for him and his family. We believe he has conducted himself with the highest honour and integrity throughout the entire course of events.
We would also like to express our utter disdain for the attacks on him from our political opponent's and some sections of the media. We see these attacks as nothing but a scurrilous attempt to score cheap political points by those who just want to sell papers or are more concerned about bringing down someone for their own selfish political advantage than the political future of Northern Ireland, they will not succeed!
We would also like to express our utter disdain for the attacks on him from our political opponent's and some sections of the media. We see these attacks as nothing but a scurrilous attempt to score cheap political points by those who just want to sell papers or are more concerned about bringing down someone for their own selfish political advantage than the political future of Northern Ireland, they will not succeed!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
