Traditional Unionist Voice

Traditional Unionist Voice is a political movement (/political party?) which represents unionists who are opposed to the political accommodation reached as a result of the Belfast Agreement (/Good Friday Agreement). The leader of the movement is Jim Allister who was elected as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MEP in 2004 but who resiged from the party on 27 March 2007 in protest at the DUP's decision to enter into a power-sharing government with Sinn Féin on 8 May 2007. TUV was launched on 7 December 2007. The four founding principles of TUV are: the retention of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain; commitment to democratic devolution which rejects the mandatory coalition model; that the rule of law must prevail in every part of Northern Ireland and be administered without fear or favour; and support for traditional family values. TUV contested a local government by-election in Dromore, Banbridge District Council area, on 13 February 2008, and its candidate received 19.6 per cent of the first preference votes. Selection of Publicatons produced by Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV): Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). (2007). Traditional Unionist Voice Leaflet, (26 November 2007), . Belfast: Traditional Unionist Voice. Allister, Jim. (2008). Jim Allister MEP, Brussels Briefing, (March 2008), . Brussels: Jim Allister. Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). (2008). Then and now: 10 years on from the Belfast Agreement, (9 April 2008), . Belfast: Traditional Unionist Voice.