Gregory Campbell – 2022 Statement on Threats to Jimmy Nesbitt

The statement made by Gregory Campbell, the DUP MP for East Londonderry, on 20 October 2022.

Jimmy Nesbitt is a local lad who has invested in his own community. Those painting threatening graffiti such as this should stop. Their actions are wrong and to be condemned.

I fundamentally disagree with Mr Nesbitt’s position on Northern Ireland’s future but he has every right to express his political views in whatever forum he wishes. He should be able to do so free from fear. That’s a democracy and it’s why I have opposed Sinn Fein all my life as they believed you could justify violence at the same time as doing politics.

We must be consistent in always opposing violence as well as any threat of violence and attempted intimidation.