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| New unionist party to be launched | New unionist party to be launched |
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| A new political party, which will be against power-sharing at Stormont, is to be launched by former DUP MEP Jim Allister. | |
| It will be known as the Traditional Unionist Voice. | It will be known as the Traditional Unionist Voice. |
| Mr Allister claims thousands of grassroots supporters feel betrayed by the DUP sharing power with Sinn Fein. | Mr Allister claims thousands of grassroots supporters feel betrayed by the DUP sharing power with Sinn Fein. |
| "The Traditional Unionist Voice will occupy the traditional unionist ground so wantonly abandoned by others for the sake of office," he said. | "The Traditional Unionist Voice will occupy the traditional unionist ground so wantonly abandoned by others for the sake of office," he said. |
| "Tens of thousands of unionists feel sickened and deflated by the spectacle of IRA/Sinn Fein at the heart of our government, having been put there by those they trusted in the past. | "Tens of thousands of unionists feel sickened and deflated by the spectacle of IRA/Sinn Fein at the heart of our government, having been put there by those they trusted in the past. |
| "To them I say, you are not alone, ours is an honourable and legitimate view and together we can make it count." | "To them I say, you are not alone, ours is an honourable and legitimate view and together we can make it count." |
| Mr Allister resigned from the DUP after Ian Paisley announced he would go into government with Sinn Fein once a financial package was secure. | Mr Allister resigned from the DUP after Ian Paisley announced he would go into government with Sinn Fein once a financial package was secure. |