East Belfast Alliance Westminster candidate, Naomi Long, has stated that she has been contacted this afternoon by constituents who are furious at a dirty tricks leaflet being distributed in East Belfast. The leaflet, branded in Alliance colours, is urging Alliance voters to support the UUP at Westminster. In addition to a plea to vote Ulster […]
David Ford, Leader of Alliance, has criticised the publishers of leaflets being distributed across several constituencies in the name of ‘Concerned Citizens for a Shared Future’. He said that they are part of a dirty tricks campaign designed to help the UUP, and nothing to do with Alliance or the cause of a shared future. […]
North Down Alliance candidate David Alderdice has stated that the democratic process is being perverted by dirty tricks. Dr Alderdice stated: “I spoke to a number of people in Holywood and Bangor tonight who were confused by leaflets making out they were from Alliance but calling on people to support the Ulster Unionists at Westminster. […]
Upper Bann Alliance candidate Alan Castle has offered to help the Ulster Unionists as they struggle to live up to their own standards of decency. Mr Castle, also standing for council in Craigavon Central, stated: “It is clear from the shennanigans going on that in fact the Ulster Unionists are desperate rather than decent. After […]
Seamus Close, an Alliance Party Councillor on Lisburn City Council, has welcomed today’s announcement that Coca-Cola is to increase their investment in Northern Ireland, by locating a plant in Lisburn City. The Lagan Valley MLA said: “I am absolutely delighted with the news that Coca-Cola is coming to Lisburn with their all-Ireland plant. This will […]
Naomi Long MLA, Alliance East Belfast Westminster candidate, has stated that she has been inundated by complaints about a leaflet being circulated claiming to support Alliance but calling for people to vote Ulster Unionist. Cllr Long stated: “This leaflet is deliberately branded in precisely the same way that Alliance brands its leaflets, yet has been […]
North Down Alliance Party candidate David Alderdice has called on the electorate to vote on issues, not tribal champions. Dr Alderdice stated: “Every recent election in Northern Ireland has turned into a selection of tribal champions. Irrelevant of who has been selected, this has resulted, time and time again, in deadlock. “Instead of having yet […]
Speaking at a Federation of Small Businesses event in Belfast last evening, Alliance Westminster candidate David Alderdice called on the voters of North Down to give Alliance a platform for progress. Dr Alderdice stated: “Clearly the polls and the odds are pointing towards a comfortable victory for Lady Hermon in North Down — and they […]
Speaking at the launch of the Alliance Party manifesto for the Westminster and Local Government elections, Party Leader, David Ford said: “This election is your chance to give your verdict on the right way forward for Northern Ireland. “You probably share the frustration that so little progress has been made in recent years. Both unionist […]
Alliance candidate for Lagan Valley, Seamus Close MLA, has said that Alliance is the only real alternative to the DUP in his constituency and elsewhere. Cllr Close, who is also standing for Lisburn City Council in Lisburn South, stated: “In this constituency as elsewhere the choice is between stagnation and progress. Unionists have consistently delivered […]