Jim Allister

[[File:JimAllister.jpg|right|thumb|165px|Jim Allister: Your bigoted uncle, ''and'' leader of a political party]]{{UKpolitics}}
'''Jim Allister''' {{lived|1953}} is a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[far-right]] 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 [[homophobia]] could have something to do with it. Allister was elected an MP in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].

Jim is the political equivalent of hemorrhoids: All-around disgusting bloody shit, but he never quite goes away.

==Irish issues==
He previously worked as a member of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] 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 [[Sinn Fein]].<ref>{{wpa|Jim Allister}}</ref> This didn't stop him from working with the UDA in the 80s (which he now ''supposedly'' regrets<ref>http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/jim-allister-i-regret-sitting-with-uda-and-uvf-representatives-1-7695304</ref>) or admitting to his party a guy who held a gun to a [[Catholic]] citizen's head.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5UvfQsRtm8 Hypocrisy of Jim Allister] on [[YouTube]]</ref> Or: It's only terrorism when it's republican! Accordingly, he whines about the [[IRA]] on a daily basis but he nonetheless awkwardly attempted to defend the [[Israeli]] government killing innocent [[Palestinians]] in a debate with [[George Galloway]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDmwiPRqi74 George Galloway debates Jim Allister on Israel/Gaza War - BBC Radio Ulster &mdash; 13<sup>th</sup> August 2014] on [[YouTube]] 
 {{quotebox|Stephen Nolan: What how many children killed?


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.}}</ref>

==LGBT issues==
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 [[Ian Paisley]]'s "Save Ulster from Sodomy" to keep male [[homosexuality]] illegal. When asked in 2013 if his views had changed on [[LGBT]] equality, he admitted he wished homosexuality was still illegal.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApuOOIv9LZY It heats up in the BBC Nolan studio &mdash; gay marriage, Are YOU in favour?] on [[YouTube]]</ref> He was also delighted when he heard about [[Uganda]]'s campaign to give LGBTQ people life imprisonment sentences and even the death penalty.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JimAllisterTUV Jim Allister] on [[Social networking websites#Twitter|Twitter]], 15 January 2015</ref>

==Creationist==
Unsurprisingly, Jim is also a [[creationist]].<ref>https://archive.ph/20130114014333/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/creationist-bible-group-and-its-web-of-influence-at-stormont-16205034.html</ref>

==Hypocrite==
Jim only tends to favour [[freedom of speech]] when it lines up with his agenda. When a nutcase called [[Islam]] "the spawn of the devil" and "Satanic", Jim ran to his defence (being a fellow [[Islamophobe]]).<ref>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/satanic-islam-case-prosecutors-in-dock-after-pastor-pastor-james-mcconnell-found-not-guilty-34339342.html</ref> However, when a someone held up a placard at a gay pride parade saying "[[Jesus]] 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".<ref>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mla-jim-allister-calls-for-apology-over-belfast-gay-pride-posters-28642571.html</ref>

==Trump supporter==
Jim regularly praises [[Donald Trump]]<ref>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/jim-allister-i-would-have-voted-for-trump-despite-his-flaws-and-robinsons-demise-was-poetic-justice-35245396.html</ref> and even stole Trump's "Drain the Swamp" catchphrase in the 2017 Northern Ireland election.<ref>http://tuv.org.uk/its-time-to-drain-the-stormont-swamp/</ref> 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.]

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