Unionists

People react as they hear the news of the release of 13 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Unionists welcome the release of hostages by Hamas

Letters to editor

Letter: Article perpetuates impression Catholics were part of oppressed minority

The DUP should not return to the assembly until the Northern Ireland Protocol, which will cause widening separation with the rest of the UK, is scrapped. Westminster considers power-sharing devolved government to be an essential part of a process designed to secure an all Ireland

Bob McCartney: Staying out of Stormont is only card left against Irish unity

The door of No10 Downing Street

No10’s Irish flag gaffe branded a ‘gross insult’ by the TUV

Letters to editor

Letter: London's skilled wordsmiths get ready to say the Union is safe

A protest sign against EU trade restrictions on goods coming into NI from GB last year at the port of Larne. The Windsor Framework did not correct an “underlying mistake” in the Northern Ireland Protocol, a Westminster committee has heard.
Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

Windsor Framework did not correct ‘mistake’ in protocol, peers told

Sammy Wilson is DUP MP for East Antrim. He says that the Good Friday Agreement requirement that the assembly have support of unionists and nationalists cannot be met

Unionists call for clarification of Braverman remarks on Gaza

The DUP and TUV policy to stay out of the assembly is shown in a poll to have the support of the grassroots of unionism, says Kate Hoey

Unionists do not want Stormont back until there is no sea border, says Kate Hoey

It has been clear for a while that he wants the DUP to return to Stormont, and his speech to his party conference last month was explicit about that. Pic Arthur Allison, Pacemaker

Ben Lowry: Yes, our editorial on Stormont was blunt - but for a reason

The ongoing abstention from Stormont is not only harming prosperity, opportunity and wellbeing but pushing a negative unionism

UUP deputy leader: Unionists are saying a resounding yes to Stormont

The US ambassador to the UK Jane Hartley, bottom left on the stairs, and party leaders including Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, top left, descend into the Great Hall at Stormont as part of the US Business Delegation event on Wednesday October 25 2023. The DUP leader could hardly have stayed away. Image taken from Northern Ireland Assembly @niassembly X feed

Ben Lowry: Unionists in no mood to listen to American pressure about Stormont

King Charles II

King's Speech: unionists must be wary of any 'spin' around NI Protocol problems

Protesters during a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the BBC offices in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Picture date: Saturday October 21, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ULSTER Israel. Photo credit should read: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Is SDLP trying to 'out-green' Sinn Fein over Israel?

Morning View

Editorial: Welcome remark from Starmer about border poll but Labour still a risk

The last 18 months of boycotting the Stormont institutions has not worked and is now promoting Northern Ireland as a failed part of the UK, writes Doug Beattie

Doug Beattie: Staying outside the arena can no longer be an option

Companies like DPD and DHL have already compiled extensive lists of products they will no longer ship to Northern Ireland

Owen Polley: Government asks shops to deliver its framework propaganda to public
According to the website Politics Home, the government is considering “taking unilateral control” of implementing the Windsor Framework, because “ministers are concerned about the power vacuum at Stormont”.

Unionists have won support to stay away from the Windsor deal, which was announced earlier this year (above). The thought of a realigned unionism administering an Irish Sea border causes the word capitulation to spring to mind (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

David McNarry: Realistic assessment of how governments have ignored unionists

Letters to editor

Letter: Unionists are caring about all the wrong things

Morning View

Editorial: Stormont's old financial strategy will not work any more

Letters to editor

Letter: Benn should explain how GB sells £166bn to EU without NI access

Morning View

Editorial: Unionists should not assume the worst of Hilary Benn

Stormont stalemate causing harm to the union, warns minister Steve Baker Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Stormont stalemate causing harm to the union, warns minister Steve Baker

Chief Constable Simon Byrne at the Policing Board office in Belfast last week. Pic: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

More pressure on Chief Con Simon Byrne after two officers 'thrown to the wolves'

Rev William Anderson Royal Black Sovereign Grand Master photographed at Royal Black headquarters in Loughgall. Photo Michael Cousins/News Letter

NI must be freed from tyranny of EU rules – Royal Black Sovereign Grand Master

Morning View

Editorial: Once ‘hardline’ Brexiteer Baker puts unhelpful pressure on the DUP

There are questions for Downing Street to answer, writes David McNarry

Letter: Unionists hold strong negotiating cards - but there are wild cards

The protocol confirms Northern Ireland as EU territory governed by its trading laws , writes Jim Allister

Jim Allister: The protocol noose is tightening
Recently we had a glimpse into the extent to which the protocol will bedevil Northern Ireland’s economy and constitutional status going forward.

MLAs pictured in the assembly chamber in Stormont in May last year. The House of Lords committee's report on the Windsor Framework underlines the importance of restoring devolution, the UK government has said. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Stormont will have say on Irish Sea trade so DUP needs to return says government

DUP MP Gavin Robinson

'Northern Ireland is a divided society', says DUP's Gavin Robinson

The Twelfth in Portadown last week. The Orange is a key part of culture but not to all unionist tastes, so they should not fall into the nationalist trap of implying that unionist concerns are primarily cultural rather than political so that cultural trinkets might suffice to lure them into an-all Ireland

Owen Polley: Unionists want to be in UK, not just have their culture recognised

Belfast City Hall

Belfast City Council accused of silencing resident over Irish Street sign

Letters to editor

Letter: Security forces and their families need more support

Morning View

Editorial: Unionists still let it seem there’s a joint legacy stance

The View on BBC One NI on June 8 2023, one of two consecutive weeks in which the entire programme discussed a united Ireland/border poll. The topic was also then discussed for 10 minutes the following week. From left Chris Donnelly, Patricia O'Lynn, Owen Polley and host Mark Carruthers. Screengrab, taken from the BBC

Dermot Nesbitt: My concern about BBC neglect of unionist critique of NI protocol

Letters to editor

Letter: Irish government needs finally to investigate state collusion with IRA

Morning View

Editorial: Unionists letting it seem there is common cause on legacy with SF

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is under pressure to take the DUP back into Stormont

Letter: Unionists should not throw in the towel over Northern Ireland Protocol

Morning View

Editorial: Nursing situation in NI is not just due to lack of overall UK funding

Leo Varadkar speaks at TUS Clonmel Campus, Co. Tipperary on June 9 2023, where the Irish prime minister said changes to a Westminster legacy bill "don’t go far enough”. While Ireland drones on about the planned amnesty, the UK is too feeble even to cite Ireland’s own de facto amnesty for IRA. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Ben Lowry: Unionists and London don't challenge Ireland's legacy criticism of UK

Morning View

Editorial: A new generation of thoughtful pro UK politicians to shape NI

Morning View

Editorial: Chorus of criticism of UK on legacy is par for course

An NHS image of a foetus at 13-20 weeks' gestation. Abortion is now legal in Northern Ireland up until birth 'to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or girl', or in cases of 'severe fetal impairment'

Unionists voice dismay over Tory lessons on abortion for NI school pupils

Lord Alderdice speaking in Stormont in 2014. There is something ridiculous in someone who enjoys a comfortable life in Oxfordshire portraying the UK as a failed state. But for all the problems with his analysis, but it should not be ignored.Picture by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Owen Polley: Unionists should challenge logic of Alderdice on joint authority

The DUP wants to set the record straight with US President Biden's administration. Photo credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire

DUP: Unionists wants to ensure Washington knows what Sinn Fein's real agenda is

In many pro-Union council areas, the turnouts dipped below 50%. Irish Unity could become a reality by default. In many Australian elections, voter turnout usually always exceeds 90%

John Coulter: Ditch unionist liberalism and push for mandatory voting

President Joe Biden and the former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams in 'selfie' issued by the latter on Twitter from Dublin last month. The DUP could link up with those in the US, particularly Republican Party politicians there, who are worried about President Biden's support for Irish nationalists who have, for example, undermined US support for Ukraine and assisted FARC terrorism in South America

Letter: Unionists in NI should join up with rivals of President Biden in US

If their only use for the Union is as a source of cash, Northern Ireland will never succeed. Unionism is hopeless at painting a vision and having a plan

Ben Habib: Unionists should not go back to Stormont just for a quick buck

Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill (left) and President Mary Lou McDonald at Belfast City Hall for the local election count. Divided unionism will return republican politicians. Photo Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Edward Cooke: A divided unionism cannot deliver for the unionist people of NI

Doug Beattie and Sir Jeffrey Donaldson must settle all differences. If the unionist parties do not join together we face being overrun by Sinn Fein. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Letter: Unionists need to joint together in one party before it is too late

Letters to editor

Letter: We hear the same auld vote splitting nonsense time and time again

Letters to editor

Letter: The DUP are losing the moral high-ground

Jim Allister at TUV council election manifesto launch

Unionists must 'stand firm' and not return to Stormont: Jim Allister

Morning View

Editorial: Unionists right to talk about the way forward

Counting in the council elections at the Aurora Aquatic and Leisure centre in Bangor for the North Down and Ards district council. The final seat tally was Final seat tally: 14 DUP, 12 Alliance, eight UUP, three independents, two Greens and one SDLP. Picture by Ben Lowry

Elections 2023: DUP maintains top spot in Ards and North Down

Barry McElduff is back on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Election 2023: Sinn Fein tidal wave leaves it in total control of council