Ulster Unionist Councillor Bob Stoker has hit out at the Alliance Party for insulting the Unionist community following a series of votes at the City Hall on Monday night in which Alliance once again backed Sinn Fein and the SDLP.
The Party’s South Belfast Councillor said:
“On Monday night the City Council voted to light the City Hall to mark special occasions. This included green lighting for St Patrick’s Day, orange and purple lighting for Orangefest and red and pink for Valentine’s Day.
It came as a major disappointment to Unionist councillors that the Alliance Party refused to support red, white and blue lighting for the Queen’s Official Birthday and red and black lighting to mark Remembrance Day.
As with the vote on the flying of the Union Flag, Alliance voted with Sinn Fein and the SDLP to erode as many visible signs of Britishness as possible. It is clear to those of us within City Hall that Alliance are now very much part of an anti-Unionist front and this does not bode well for future relations within the Council.”