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Sir John Redwood MP

Feb 20

Protecting the peace and restoring the United Kingdom as a sovereign country | Sir John Redwood MP

The Unionist community in Northern Ireland has been ignored and angered by the actions and words of the European Union. The Northern...

Jamie Bryson

Feb 19

There can be no compromise on fundamental constitutional tests | Jamie Bryson

Firstly, on behalf of the Centre for the Union Northern Ireland, and I am sure our entire UK-wide organisation, I want to express...

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

Feb 17

Getting it right must be the goal | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

This is a big moment. The next generation of Northern Ireland depends on the actions of the Prime Minister and the EU Commission...

Ian Paisley MP

Feb 17

Chairman's response to the Northern Ireland Office | Ian Paisley MP

Recently, Centre for the Union wrote to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland to urge him to take a stand against Northern Ireland...

Christopher Howarth

Feb 17

Deal Fever! What to look out for | Christopher Howarth

Deal fever: What to look out for…. There has been feverish speculation all week that a team in Number 10 led by Sir Tim Barrow are close...

Sammy Wilson MP

Feb 16

'The DUP will decide if any deal meets the 7 tests, not Number 10' | Sammy Wilson MP

There is much speculation about the deal that the PM is concluding with the EU, with the accompanying spin that it meets the DUPs seven...

Alex Burnett MSP

Feb 15

A reaction to Nicola Sturgeon's resignation | Alex Burnett MSP

It comes as a bit of a surprise, the timing of the thing. But not that it has happened. An able politician, yes. The best that the SNP...

Jamie Bryson

Feb 14

Unionism must stand firm against a sell-out deal | Jamie Bryson

A ‘deal’ must achieve three things: (i) the restoration of Article VI of the Acts of Union; (ii) a complete end of the application of EU...

Gordon Lyons MLA

Feb 12

Assembly recall about stunt politics rather than power-sharing | Gordon Lyons MLA

Tuesday’s sitting will be the 5th time the NI Assembly has been recalled since last year’s election. On each of the four previous...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Feb 8

Supreme Court ruling must embolden the political campaign against the Protocol | Jim Allister KC MLA

The essence of our legal challenge was to the lawfulness of the Protocol. The fact the Supreme Court is satisfied it was lawfully made...

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

Feb 8

A Response to the Supreme Court Judgement | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

A solution to the Protocol was never going to be found in the courts, but the cases have served to highlight some of the reasons why...

Centre for the Union - Supreme Court Judgement (Protocol) Briefing

Jamie Bryson

Feb 8

Centre for the Union - Supreme Court Judgement (Protocol) Briefing

Preliminary analysis of Supreme Court judgment in Allister et al challenge to the Protocol The Northern Ireland department of the Centre...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Feb 7

The Protocol: a strategy for Irish unity | Jim Allister KC MLA

Alert unionists in 1998, and increasingly since, identified the Belfast Agreement as not a settlement but as a process whose anticipated...

Jamie Bryson

Feb 7

Now is not the time to compromise | Jamie Bryson

There has been increasing speculation that a ‘deal’ between the UK and EU is on the horizon in relation to the Protocol. This arrangement...

Rachael Hamilton MSP

Feb 6

Sturgeon and the SNP's gender recognition mess | Rachael Hamilton MSP

Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP have got themselves into a real mess over rapists in women’s prisons and the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR)...

Ian Paisley MP

Feb 1

Focus on substance rather than speculation | Ian Paisley MP

Kite-flying, wishful thinking by commentators and background briefing will not make the substantive changes needed to satisfy our seven...

An Open Letter to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland

Ethan Thoburn

Feb 1

An Open Letter to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland

Today, Centre for the Union wrote an open letter to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland, The Rt. Hon. Steve Baker MP, regarding...

Carla Lockhart MP

Jan 30

Three years on, NDNA commitments aren't being fulfilled | Carla Lockhart MP

January 2020 saw the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) Agreement heralded as a new beginning, yet as January 2023 draws to a close, the...

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

Jan 27

"Don’t make the same mistake twice" | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

We warned London, Washington, Dublin and Brussels in July 2021 that the Northern Ireland Protocol was incompatible with power-sharing and...

Tom Giffard MS

Jan 27

We cannot afford to ignore the nationalist presence in Wales | Tom Giffard MS

I’m very proud to be working with the Centre for the Union as their Welsh Conservative Senedd representative. The work of the Centre for...

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