Foster - "Four Weeks. One statement. No hope!"
DUP Fermanagh and South Tyrone Assembly Member Arlene Foster MLA today said:
“Grassroots Unionists are crying out for closer co-operation within Unionism. Jim Allister represents the divisions of the past. Grassroots Unionists want to see Northern Ireland moving forward. TUV wants to take us back to being sidelined and ignored in our own country. TUV supporters handed Fermanagh and South Tyrone to Gildernew: that was the TUV contribution to Unionism in the recent election.
Those who wanted to split Unionism in three and who ran a negative campaign to drag Northern Ireland backwards have been resoundingly rejected by the voters.
It was interesting to note that after a four week period of silence, the one press statement that has been issued by Jim Allister offers no hope or vision for Unionism and indulges merely in bitter sniping. Whilst Unionists are looking to come together, Jim Allister returns from self-imposed exile promising more attacks on Unionists over coming days.
Clearly the party that handed Fermanagh and South Tyrone to Michelle Gildernew has learned nothing from its rejection at the polls.”