Election Communication

Fermanagh & South Tyrone

Constituency

Linda Cleland
“Alliance is working to build a “Improving community relations must be the biggest priority for our
united community in Northern Assembly - not an optional extra. Only Alliance is providing credible
Ireland. The Agreement is not the answers to the problem of how we deal with our divisions.”
ceiling of our ambition, but the
foundation on which we can build “Only Alliance asks the awkward questions that need to be asked, and
raises the difficult issues that need to be raised.”
a shared society.

“Alliance is working for an open,

free and fair society. Only Alliance
rejects the notion that we must all
be boxed into ‘two communities’.

“Alliance is working to give

everyone something better
than tribal politics
– a genuinely shared future.”

Fermanagh
THURSDAY 29th MAY 2003
& South Tyrone
www.allianceworks.org 1 Linda Cleland Alliance Works ~ Tribal Politics Doesn’t
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Linda Cleland
Linda Cleland Works
• Fresh and enthusiastic new face for Alliance in Fermanagh and South
Tyrone.
• Local Councillor in Ards since 1997, and single parent.
• Manager working in the tourism and hospitality sector, previously a
cimmunity worker in the voluntary sector.
• Strong track record in community development and community relations
work.
• Committed to use the Agreement to build real peace and reconciliation in
Northern Ireland.
Fermanagh & South Tyrone
“In this election, you can use your first preference vote to send a very
powerful message. With P.R., every vote counts.
“The past five years have shown that tribal politics can’t deliver for
Northern Ireland. By contrast, Alliance is working to deliver a new
vision of how we can live and learn, work and play together as a society.
“This is your opportunity to say ‘no’ to the failed tribal politics of the
past, and to say ‘yes’ to a new beginning by voting Alliance.”
Linda Cleland will work
• Alliance will place a duty on all Government agencies to promote
community relations.
• Alliance will abolish the 50:50 quota, so that more police can be
placed onto the streets.
• Alliance will implement a strategy to place 10% of our children in
integrated schools by 2010.
• Alliance will introduce free personal care for those living in residential
and nursing homes.
• Alliance will work to ensure fair taxation, with value for money,
ending the abuse of the unfair regional rate.
Alliance Works ~ Tribal Politics Doesn’t
Back in 1998, people voted for a new beginning. While in many
The full Assembly Manifesto, and detailed policy papers are available from www.allianceworks.org or by phoning 9032 4274
respects Northern Ireland is better than before, the progress
that people had a right to expect has not occurred.
Five Years of Wasted Opportunities
The Agreement has yet to be properly implemented. Traditional
parties have pursued their own narrow agendas and bickered
over issues such as policing reform rather than working
together for the good of all.
Even today, rather than looking to a shared future together, the
UUP and the SDLP are moving to the extremes, looking over
their shoulders at the DUP and Sinn Féin.
Meanwhile on the streets, sectarianism, segregation and law and
order remain major problems.
Sectarianism Costs
Sectarianism and segregation carry huge human and financial
costs. More and more people are living almost parallel lives with
a bare minimum of contact with those on ‘the other side’. Huge
resources are wasted in providing separate facilities that could
be better invested in improving public services. Why do we
persist in forcing people into boxes called unionism
and nationalism?
Apartheid never worked in South Africa. It can never work here.
Making the Difference
Healing our community divisions must be the biggest priority
for the Assembly. Unless we seriously address these problems,
they will eventually destroy the Agreement and all that has been
achieved so far.
Alliance is the leading cross-community and anti-sectarian voice
in Northern Ireland.
Alliance is the political voice of those who work to create a
united community, characterised by sharing not separation.
Alliance offers everyone an invitation to join something
different, something better than tribal politics – a genuinely
shared and non-sectarian future.
For Alliance, the Agreement is not the ceiling of our ambition.
It is the foundation on which we can build a better future.