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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #1E90FF; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#1E90FF"><b>How an Empire ends</b><br /><a href="/wiki/U.K._Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="U.K. Politics"><font size="4" color="White"><b>U.K. Politics</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#97DEFF;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:British_politics" title="Category:British politics"><img alt="Icon politics UK.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/1/1b/Icon_politics_UK.svg/100px-Icon_politics_UK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/1/1b/Icon_politics_UK.svg/150px-Icon_politics_UK.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/1/1b/Icon_politics_UK.svg/200px-Icon_politics_UK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#1E90FF; text-align:center;"><b>God Save the King?</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; 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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:UKpolitics" title="Template:UKpolitics">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:UKpolitics" title="Template talk:UKpolitics">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:UKpolitics&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jim Allister</b> (1953–) is a <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Irish</a> <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a> unionist politician who's the leader of the TUV (Traditional Unionist Voice). Since the party was established in 2007, they've only ever managed to get one seat in the Northern Ireland assembly. Perhaps his party's vicious sectarianism and <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">homophobia</a> could have something to do with it. Allister was elected an MP in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>. </p><p>Jim is the political equivalent of hemorrhoids: All-around disgusting bloody shit, but he never quite goes away. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Irish_issues"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Irish issues</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#LGBT_issues"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">LGBT issues</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Creationist"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Creationist</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Hypocrite"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Hypocrite</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Trump_supporter"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Trump supporter</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Irish_issues">Irish issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Allister&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Irish issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>He previously worked as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> from its founding in 1971 to 1987. Unfortunately, he showed back up in 2004 when he returned to the party but left again in 2007 after the party agreed to enter government with <a href="/wiki/Sinn_Fein" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinn Fein">Sinn Fein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> This didn't stop him from working with the UDA in the 80s (which he now <i>supposedly</i> regrets<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>) or admitting to his party a guy who held a gun to a <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> citizen's head.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Or: It's only terrorism when it's republican! Accordingly, he whines about the <a href="/wiki/IRA" class="mw-redirect" title="IRA">IRA</a> on a daily basis but he nonetheless awkwardly attempted to defend the <a href="/wiki/Israeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli">Israeli</a> government killing innocent <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> in a debate with <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="LGBT_issues">LGBT issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Allister&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: LGBT issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Jim also spends a lot of time being angry that it's not the 11<sup>th</sup>-century anymore, he's opposed to virtually any form of equality. Allister supported <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a>'s "Save Ulster from Sodomy" to keep male <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a> illegal. When asked in 2013 if his views had changed on <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> equality, he admitted he wished homosexuality was still illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> He was also delighted when he heard about <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>'s campaign to give LGBTQ people life imprisonment sentences and even the death penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Creationist">Creationist</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Allister&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Creationist">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Unsurprisingly, Jim is also a <a href="/wiki/Creationist" class="mw-redirect" title="Creationist">creationist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Hypocrite">Hypocrite</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Allister&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hypocrite">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Jim only tends to favour <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">freedom of speech</a> when it lines up with his agenda. When a nutcase called <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> "the spawn of the devil" and "Satanic", Jim ran to his defence (being a fellow <a href="/wiki/Islamophobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamophobe">Islamophobe</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> However, when a someone held up a placard at a gay pride parade saying "<a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> had two dads and he turned out just fine", he lost his shit, stating: "After a blasphemous placard was carried in the parade previously, organisers gave assurances it would not happen again. Assurances given have proved worthless".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Trump_supporter">Trump supporter</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Allister&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Trump supporter">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Jim regularly praises <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> and even stole Trump's "Drain the Swamp" catchphrase in the 2017 Northern Ireland election.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> Of course, like most Trump-related ideas, it was idiotic beyond nine tenths of reality. Surprising absolutely nobody, he failed once again. Good luck next time, Jimbo. Maybe if you try real hard not to yell at any homosexuals you could get your high score up to two seats! [update: The good luck charm that this page gave him seems to have worked its magic in 2024.] </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Allister&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Allister" class="extiw" title="wp:Jim Allister" rel="nofollow">Jim Allister</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/jim-allister-i-regret-sitting-with-uda-and-uvf-representatives-1-7695304">http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/jim-allister-i-regret-sitting-with-uda-and-uvf-representatives-1-7695304</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5UvfQsRtm8">Hypocrisy of Jim Allister</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDmwiPRqi74">George Galloway debates Jim Allister on Israel/Gaza War - BBC Radio Ulster — 13<sup>th</sup> August 2014</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> <blockquote class="letter" style="width:auto; background:#f8f8ff; border:1px solid #C9C9CF;"> <p>Stephen Nolan: What how many children killed? </p><p><br /> Jim Allister: I'm sorry what we were seeing for yearss, is a conceited, determined effort to prevent a continued riot attacks upon Israel. That has also killed children. And the Nation-State cannot allow its people forever *inaudible word* in that way and deadly rockets and has the right and as the the the the necessary steps to that to an end and now war is never pleasant. It is always- […] Yes but women and children have been killed by a a mass rocket and women and children have been killed by the Israeli response and that's be clear if there were no mass rockets, there would be no Israeli offences to be in to gather. </p> </blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApuOOIv9LZY">It heats up in the BBC Nolan studio — gay marriage, Are YOU in favour?</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/JimAllisterTUV">Jim Allister</a> on <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_websites#Twitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Social networking websites">Twitter</a>, 15 January 2015</span> </li> 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