Coronation weekend celebrations and Protocol criticism

1 release from 1 party, 8 May 2023.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. Events of the weekend show very things which are under attack from the Protocol and pan-Nationalist front

   • TUV
   • 8 May 2023
   • Campaign statement
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   TUV leader Jim Allister, speaking from London after the Coronation, says displays of British culture and identity are being undermined by the Protocol and a pan-Nationalist agenda. He calls on Unionists to push for Northern Ireland's full restoration to the UK and rejects any return to Stormont…

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

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