Belfast man is a victim of open borders, says Unionist MP

The leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice Party Jim Allister has said the attempted murder in Belfast happened because there are no checks on the border with the Irish Republic.
Speaking to GB News, he said: “Surely it is an alien culture if a perpetrator thinks it is appropriate to try and behead someone in the public street in any part of the United Kingdom.
“That’s very alien to me. I believe it’s very alien to our British culture so it seemed to me the appropriate words.
“And yet we’ve a secretary of state who’s offended by that. I think that’s an indication of just how out of touch this government is, that they do not realise that mass uncontrolled immigration, which has brought people of violent disposition into the hearts of our community, that has imported an alien culture.
“And the fact that he was aghast at that indicates that this is a government which will never do anything about it.
“The man who’s fighting for his life and seriously injured tonight in Belfast is a victim of open borders because the alleged perpetrator came from Sudan to Paris to Dublin, and then utterly unhindered into the United Kingdom.
“That is because this British government, like the last one, let me say, had a totally timid and inappropriate attitude to the fact that we do have an international border with the Irish Republic.
“It should be a border where we restrain the unwanted from coming into our territory, and yet this government refuses to have any checks.
“We have a situation where in small boats you can come into Great Britain. You can then, if you like, make your way to the Republic, or you can fly in, as this gentleman allegedly did. And then you can simply hop on a bus and come totally unchecked into Northern Ireland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
“The Irish Republic, of course, they in the past have imposed checks on people going north to south; checking their credentials, checking their visas, etc. as they should.
“But this British government has refused to do that. So this British government has created and allowed and perpetuated this open border, and today this man is a victim of that open border.
“I think Michelle O’Neill, of course, was very discomforted, and well might she be.
“Because she is a person who, through her political party, has had truck with violence, in that she’s the First Minister, believe it or not, who told us there was no alternative to IRA violence, which took out hundreds upon hundreds of innocent people.
“So, if she has no difficulty justifying the murders of the IRA, then, of course, she’s going to be discomforted when she’s challenged with the fact that simultaneously, hers has been the party primarily demanding these open borders and this is the consequence.
“[The working class in Belfast are overloaded with immigrants in many cases, and an incident such as this triggers a response, which I understand.

“They have an entitlement to be angry, but I do say this to them tonight: Do not fall into the trap of allowing the narrative to be changed away from this horrendous, odious assault upon an innocent man to the news tomorrow being about violence from protesters.

“Don’t fall into a trap that would suit this government very well. We had an illustration last week with the Henry Nowak situation, where the government was very quick and desirous to latch on to a violent response as a diversion.

“And I say to the people in Belfast and across Northern Ireland and elsewhere, do not fall into that trap tonight.”