Sammy Wilson

The Police Service of Northern Ireland badge - agreeing the new emblem was seen as the first big test, says Pauline McCabe.

Pauline McCabe: Agreeing a new PSNI emblem was first big test

DUP MP Carla Lockhart speaking during an Orange Order parade in Portadown. Pic: Mícheál Ó Scannáil/Press Association

MP quit DUP role on 'principle' - rejecting colleague's 'token gesture' comment

Carla Lockhart satisfying hardliners by resigning party position - Wilson

Dobbins Inn, Carrickfergus. Photo: Google

Closure of historic Carrickfergus hotel 'another warning for hospitality sector'

Each year, a significant proportion of the electricity produced by Northern Ireland's wind farms cannot be used because the electricity grid is unable to absorb it when demand is low or because there is insufficient capacity to transport it to where it is needed

Sammy Wilson: Innovative scheme reduces fuel poverty and wasted electricity

File photo dated 11/3/97 of the then-prisons minister Ann Widdecombe celebrating her 129th and final prison visit with a cake made by young offenders at Spring Hill open Prison, Buckinghamshire (Michael Stephens/PA Wire)

Ann Widdecombe was 'friendly with Ian Paisley despite being devout Catholic'

DUP MP Sammy Wilson says he rode this motorbike to Parliament, while Jeffrey Donaldson took the tube.

Sammy Wilson had no concerns over former flatmate Donaldson

Sammy Wilson has rebuffed Sir Reg Empey's assessment that Reform could come to Northern Ireland

'There is a 99.9% chance that Reform will avoid Northern Ireland' says DUP MP

King Charles III, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State, alongside Queen Camilla, wearing the George IV State Diadem and an embroidered gown by Fiona Clare, in the Chamber of the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London. His speech sets out the agenda of the government of the day (Chris Jackson/PA Wire)

'Meaningless': Unionists react to King's Speech amid Starmer exit speculation

DUP MLA Phillip Brett.

Sinn Fein 'asleep at the wheel' as home heating costs soar - DUP

Treating the Union Flag with respect means not tying it to a lamppost where it remains until weather and time takes its toll

Letter: Treating the Union Flag with respect

Bobby Singleton, deputy chief constable of the PSNI, said on the Nolan Show that even if a flag is legal it can still be used to harass someone

Regarding Union flags as harassment is 'a dangerous idea' says Wilson

Ciara Mageean of Team Northern Ireland celebrates winning the silver medal in the Women's 1500m Final on day ten of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham; a row has resurfaced this week about the use of the flag by NI athletes (photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

DUP MP adds his voice to call for potential change at top of Team NI

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget in the House of Commons. Westminster is expected to bail out Stormont yet our ministers repeatedly spend more money than they have

Owen Polley: Unionists have same attitude as nationalists to demanding cash

Jim Allister has long been a prominent critic of the sea border, and renewed that criticism in the wake of today's budget

Government's budget move on sea border 'does not solve the problem'

Gavin Robinson has hit out at criticism of the education minister's Israel trip. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Robinson slams unions' 'loud and excitable screeching' on Israel visit
The DUP leader has hit out at teaching unions over their criticism of Paul Givan’s visit to a school in Jerusalem – saying they are speaking for themselves and not their members.
David Thompson

Robbie Butler said while he would consider himself to be a supporter of Israel and a two-state solution, he thinks what has happened in both Israel and Palestine is “horrendous”

UUP MLA reveals he turned down invitation for trip to Israel

A general view of The Roddens, Larne. Image: Google

Proposal for house of multiple occupancy turned down

A video shows Hamas armed men dragging seven men into a circle of people in Gaza City, forcing them to their knees and executing them. From Social Media.

‘Pro-Palestinian protestors turn blind eye to Hamas execuctions’

The ID plan concerns an issue that is reserved to Westminster, rather than devolved to Stormont, and it proposes a new responsibility, central to British citizenship

Owen Polley: Unionists must avoid any hint of ‘place apartism’ from rest of UK

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael came second in the Eurovision Song Conest last year, thanks in part to strong support from the Irish public and jury. She is a survivor of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, having hidden under bodies at the Nova Music festival in Israel to survive.

MP: Fans must boycott Eurovision if Israel is excluded

A mock-up of how a proposed compulsory digital ID for UK citizens might look, as depicted in a Labour Together policy document.

Digital ID: Unionist politicians warn against 'carve out' for NI

DUP MP for East Antrim Sammy Wilson said: "As a party we wouldn't support such a measure on the basis that it's intrusive."

DUP would block smacking ban: Sammy Wilson MP

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has suggested that Israeli strikes on the Hamas leadership in Qatar will drive the terror group ‘to the peace table’.

Wilson: Israeli strike on Qatar will drive Hamas to peace talks

It is unwise to simply hope that a future Reform government might restore NI to full UK membership - such a government may never come about

Letter: Unionism must be a problem rather than a complainant

Morning View

Editorial: Windsor Framework risks on immigration cannot be ignored

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has previously said her party wouldn't "unpick" the Windsor Framework. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Tories should renounce Protocol to have credible policy on ECHR - DUP MP
For the Tory party to have a consistent policy on withdrawal from the ECHR they would have to renounce the Windsor Framework deal they signed with the EU, a DUP MP has said.
David Thompson

Nigel Farage has set out plans to leave the ECHR and deport 600,000 people if elected to government. Writing in today's News Letter, DUP MP Sammy Wilson says the Reform UK party leader should not listen to those who claim that his plans will undermine the Belfast Agreement

Sammy Wilson: Nigel Farage must resist nonsense arguments over the ECHR

Sammy Wilson says Nigel Farage should be prepared to “set aside a minor part” of the Belfast Agreement if he wins power.

DUP MP says Nigel Farage should 'set aside minor part' of Belfast Agreement

Jack Straw, a minister in the Labour cabinet which backed the Belfast Agreement, has endorsed a Policy Exchange analysis which says leaving the ECHR is not prohibited by the 1998 deal. File photo: Ian Nicholson/PA Wire

Former Labour minister backs new analysis on Belfast Agreement and ECHR

Nigel Farage said this week it would take "longer" for NI to leave the ECHR than GB - saying he would renegotiate the Belfast Agreement to remove it. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

DUP leader urges caution over Farage's ECHR withdrawal plan

Some of the guests at the talk on 'media misinformation' at Belfast Synagogue on Thursday this week.

Analyst talks on 'media misinformation' at synagogue

Nigel Farage has said Northern Ireland is not at the forefront of his party's immigration plans. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Farage's immigration plans would 'create an Irish Sea border for people'

Nigel Farage wants the UK to leave the ECHR as part of plans to tackle illegal immigration. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

DUP MP says Nigel Farage's ECHR plans won't create Irish Sea 'people border'

Proposals from Nigel Farage to renegotiate the Belfast Agreement 'place the Union in danger' an MLA has said. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Unionist criticism of Farage as NI 'not at forefront' of Reform UK plans

Northern Ireland will “not be at the forefront” of actions by a Reform UK government to deal with immigration, Nigel Farage has said.

Northern Ireland will not be at forefront of Reform’s plans – Farage

Nigel Farage has long supported leaving the ECHR, and he said on Tuesday the Good Friday Agreement could be “renegotiated” to remove references to the convention.

Farage has no right to ‘tear up’ Good Friday Agreement – Hanna

MP Sammy Wilson has slammed a letter signed by political leaders from other parties in Northern Ireland demanding sanctions on Israel and an immediate recall of the UK parliament.

DUP blast 'virtue signalling' Israel sanctions bid signed by four NI parties

If a border poll can create a united Ireland it must also have a choice to recreate a United Kingdom

Letter: NI needs to go to the polls over Windsor Framework

DUP MP Sammy Wilson says the UK government would be perfectly entitled to introduce reciprocal checks on Irish travellers arriving at UK airports. Photo: Peter Powell/PA Wire

Irish passport checks for UK visitors 'undermining Common Travel Area' - DUP MP

Sammy Wilson criticising the Labour government in Parliament's Westminster Hall

Labour 'cloth-eared' on sea border says DUP MP: 'We must hope for Reform'

Sammy Wilson speaking in the House of Commons on an earlier occasion; he secured today's Westminster Hall debate

Hilary Benn 'acting like Pontius Pilate' over Irish Sea border says Sammy Wilson

Sammy Wilson pictured with the Indian trade envoy, taken from a tweet Mr Wilson posted

Sammy Wilson dismisses claim he 'has become a Protocol advocate'

The government this week provided £50m for the Casement Park redevelopment in west Belfast.

Call for Casement Park funding to be 'clawed back' to public purse

An artist’s impression of how Alpha Housing’s new development at Whitehead will look once work has been completed in Spring 2027

New NI 24-apartment scheme to deliver quality, affordable homes by Spring 2027

Councillor Robert Logan, of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, pictured with Alpha Housing Chief Executive Cameron Watt (L) and Mike Martin from the Martin Property Group.

Alpha Housing begins work on first Whitehead development

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking in Tonbridge, Kent after Reform made significant gains in English local elections. Photo: PA/PA Wire

Unionists should focus on Nigel Farage's 'anti-European Union' stance - Wilson

Despite the UK leaving the EU, Northern Ireland must follow decisions by the Court of Justice of the European Union in certain areas, due to the Windsor Framework.

Windsor Framework will likely impact Supreme Court's landmark sex ruling - MP

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to meet British Steel workers in Appleby Village Hall near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

DUP backs nationalisation of Chinese-owned British steel plant

TUV MP Jim Allister speaking in the House of Commons during a debate on the Protocol and trade tariffs, 08-04-25

Unionists demand government assert itself over Northern Ireland tariff situation

The UK Government is “choosing weapons of war over people and public services”, Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said.

Government choosing weapons over public services – Michelle O’Neill

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivering her spring statement in the House of Commons, London.

Chancellor’s statement: Others paying for failings of government, says Wilson

Mid and East Antrim Mayor, Alderman Beth Adger MBE who has died. Pic supplied by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

Tributes pour in following death of Mid and East Antrim Mayor

The Windsor Framework, and its predecessor the Northern Ireland Protocol, require checks and customs paperwork on goods moving from Great Britain into Northern Ireland

Hilary Benn: NI economy not being crippled by post-Brexit arrangements

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has questioned how long it will be before checks on NI to GB goods are expanded. The government has promised "unfettered access" to the Great Britain market for Northern Ireland businesses.

Wilson: Dual standards are being applied to Irish Sea border arrangements

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