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Sammy Wilson MP

Jan 18

Current talks with EU don't address the key issue | Sammy Wilson MP

In its haste to reach an agreement with the EU in order to be able to claim that Brexit had been done and then hold a general election...

The Protocol breaches the Belfast Agreement | David Campbell

David Campbell CBE

Jan 17

The Protocol breaches the Belfast Agreement | David Campbell

One of the big problems facing unionism is that despite the Ulster Unionist Party being the prime architect of the Belfast Agreement, its...

Jamie Bryson

Jan 13

Border posts regulations exposes the Government’s constitutional vandalism | Jamie Bryson

The Official Control (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 are constitutionally abominable and demonstrate that much like the Protocol...

Centre for the Union paper sends 'clear message' | Baroness Hoey

Baroness Hoey of Lylehill and Rathlin

Jan 10

Centre for the Union paper sends 'clear message' | Baroness Hoey

I welcome the Centre for the Union’s research paper, ‘Restoring Northern Ireland in the Union’, this paper importantly sets out the way...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Jan 9

TUV Back Centre for the Union Report | Jim Allister KC MLA

For the TUV, and I believe Unionism in general, the Protocol has always been a sovereignty issue. Thus, any way forward must free us from...

Centre for the Union Report - Restoring Northern Ireland to the Union, 2023

Ethan Thoburn

Jan 9

Centre for the Union Report - Restoring Northern Ireland to the Union, 2023

By Jamie Bryson and Ethan Thoburn; foreword by James Bogle BL This paper is commissioned by the Constitutional Studies Group within the...

Ian Paisley MP

Jan 6

Leo Varadkar's Brexit confession | Ian Paisley MP

So Dublin’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has finally admitted that mistakes were made with Brexit negotiations and that the protocol is...

Matthew MacKinnon

Jan 5

All eyes on Wales - the slow march to separation | Matthew MacKinnon

Wales, on the western flank of the United Kingdom, is a proud, patriotic nation, with its own language, rich history and culture. A...

Ben Habib

Dec 19, 2022

The end of the Good Friday Agreement | Ben Habib

Over three years have passed since the Northern Ireland Protocol was conceived to rip Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom. It was...

Dr Dan Boucher

Dec 16, 2022

Lessons in Liberty | Dr Dan Boucher

It has been reported in the press for some weeks now that President Biden has indicated he would like to make a State visit to the UK to...

Jamie Bryson

Dec 15, 2022

High Court exposes the true constitutional destruction caused by the Protocol | Jamie Bryson

In the High Court of Northern Ireland today (15 December 2022) Mr Justice Colton, a former SDLP election candidate prior to becoming a...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Dec 14, 2022

Protocol Supreme Court case is a battle for the UK | Jim Allister KC MLA

Win or lose the Supreme Court challenge to the NI Protocol, it was a valuable exercise because it flushed out with forensic clarity the...

Jamie Bryson

Dec 13, 2022

Take a lesson from 1912, Unionism will never meekly surrender | Jamie Bryson

This is a government which has time and time again demonstrated they are not to be trusted on the Union. The Prime Minister, who boldly...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Dec 12, 2022

"Northern Ireland Office playing politics with Unionists" | Jim Allister KC MLA

Not for the first time the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is callously playing politics to try and coerce unionists - something they never...

Ian Paisley MP

Dec 10, 2022

Is the Union a better place already? | Ian Paisley MP

The Union is under attack that is for sure. In our recent past, nationalism and republicanism have raised their collective head and...

Ian Paisley MP

Dec 6, 2022

Von der Leyen's Diplomatic Nightmare in Ireland | Ian Paisley MP

Let us cast our collective minds back seventy-seven years when one of the most appalling days of misjudged diplomacy ever to happen on...

Centre for the Union Parliamentary Launch

Ethan Thoburn

Dec 1, 2022

Centre for the Union Parliamentary Launch

On 30th November 2022, Centre for the Union launched to a packed crowd in the Boothroyd Room in the House of Commons. Centre for the...

Jamie Bryson

Nov 28, 2022

Re-framing self-determination | Jamie Bryson

It is a privilege to be invited to speak at the Centre For the Union panel on the Union, due to be held this Wednesday evening in...

Ian Paisley MP

Nov 10, 2022

Our goal must be stability | Ian Paisley MP

I am introducing a Bill to Parliament on constitutional referenda concerning the constituent nations of the United Kingdom within the...

Protecting the Acts of Union | Baroness Hoey

Baroness Hoey of Lylehill and Rathlin

Nov 8, 2022

Protecting the Acts of Union | Baroness Hoey

The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is key to delivering Brexit for the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland....