Traditional Unionist Voice
TUV leader Jim Allister warns that a return to Stormont without reversing the Protocol's constitutional and economic damage would entrench the Protocol and an Irish Sea border. He says a deal leaving Acts of Union provisions suspended would aid its implementation, and urges unionism to keep a firm…
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DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP urges the Government to consider the Supreme Court judgement and its own arguments in the case, and to replace the Protocol with arrangements unionists can support.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Protocol must be replaced with arrangements unionists can support (opens in a new tab)
DUP Leader Gavin Robinson, speaking at the 2025 Annual Conference, says the Irish Sea border and Protocol are unacceptable, calls for their removal and for EU law to be ended, pledges to keep unionism strong and to challenge the government’s broken pledges.
Constitutional affairs Immigration Original release: Leader's Speech - Conference 2025 (opens in a new tab)
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP says the NI Protocol is still weakening devolved government at Stormont following Boris Johnson's departure, and calls for it to be removed. He urges the incoming Conservative leader to recognise that no unionist MLAs or MPs back the arrangement.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Boris Johnson resignation announcement July 2022 Original release: Sir Jeffrey: Protocol continues to undermine devolution (opens in a new tab)
UUP Vice-Chair and former MEP Jim Nicholson urges unionism to stop relying on wish-list politics and to push for influence through a restored Stormont, rejecting a return to Direct Rule. He says the Windsor Framework still needs fixing and that the DUP's conditions remain unmet.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Unionism needs to influence our future directly from Stormont – Nicholson (opens in a new tab)
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP says the Government must focus on replacing the Protocol with arrangements unionists can support before meeting the Secretary of State, warning there can be no stable Executive or Assembly until Northern Ireland's place in the UK internal market is restored. He…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Sir Jeffrey – Government needs to focus on replacing the Protocol (opens in a new tab)
UUP MLA Doug Beattie says the Lords report confirms that boycotting Stormont has not altered the Protocol, criticises the Windsor Framework as a sub‑optimal starting point, urges Unionists to restore the Executive and challenge the Framework from within, and warns that without negotiations a move to
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Doug Beattie MC MLA Comments on the Lords Report on the Windsor Framework (opens in a new tab)