Democratic Unionist Party
DUP South Down MLA Diane Forsythe says Northern Ireland and its elected representatives must move forward together, as the Prime Minister recently said, and argues unionism must also unite after division let a non-unionist win a North Antrim seat. She points to unionist representatives in South…
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Lord Empey, Ulster Unionist Peer, says the DUP is failing Unionism by its Stormont boycott over the NI Protocol and Windsor Framework, citing poll figures showing Unionist voters are now a minority. He responds to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's call to 'finish the job'.
Constitutional affairs Original release: DUP failing Unionism - Empey (opens in a new tab)
TUV says it has held no one-to-one meetings with the DUP or the UUP, and accuses the DUP of abandoning unionist unity by dropping collective opposition to the Protocol. It calls for any unionist unity to rest on firm opposition to the Protocol as it stands.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Unionist unity must be based on resistance to the Protocol (opens in a new tab)
UUP Upper Bann MLA Doug Beattie says the Democratic Consent motion outcome on Windsor Framework articles 5-10 could offer opportunities if unionism adopts strategic thinking. He points to an independent review of those articles and calls for unionists to work together to influence it.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Democratic Consent motion outcome offers opportunities if Unionism provide strategic solutions – Beattie. (opens in a new tab)
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt MLA says every major party now wants to make Northern Ireland work, citing a speech at St Mary's University College on a "Prosperity Agenda" and arguing that power-sharing is the only way forward.
Constitutional affairs Original release: Unique Chance to Make Northern Ireland Work – Ulster Unionist Leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA (opens in a new tab)
TUV leader Jim Allister says talk of unionist unity is hollow without substance, arguing the DUP has not shifted its platform on the Protocol and questioning what unity would be for. He also says the DUP rejected his unity platform at the last Westminster election and accuses it of using unity as…
Constitutional affairs Issue: DUP's unionist unity message with Sinn Fein Original release: Unionist Unity and ‘O’Neill Must Stay’ don’t go together (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (captured later), Internet Archive capture of 9 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
TUV leader Jim Allister responds to the DUP manifesto launch, arguing that a Unionist vote cannot be split in a PR election if voters transfer across the Unionist family. He urges voters to give TUV their first preference with transfers to other pro-Union candidates, and says the DUP's warnings…
Constitutional affairs Original release: Unionist unity achieved via transfers across Unionist family (opens in a new tab)