Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are protesting the UK government, so "loyalist" is a little misleading in this context. From what I understand, Northern Ireland is getting royally screwed over as a result of Brexit, apparently paying double tax on everything (not exactly sure how that works).
Loyalists have always protested the British government, in a weird way, as they feel London neglects them and isn't as committed to the union as they are. Loyalists are loyal to the idea of the monarchy/Empire, rather than lubbing the SW1 crowd
"Sir, excuse me Sir, you probably shouldn't be fucking my wife, that's not very uniony. I'm as racist towards my kin as you, Sir please, reconsider your actions. I love you Sir, but please don't do this"
Compradors are really ubiquous eh
In a way is very similar to working class lolbertarians, that really believe applying their bullshit policies would really fix their reality, instead of understanding they shouldn't be licking the boot that kicks them
Yeah, that seems to be what's happening. It seems some items are taxed twice because NI is part of the European single market in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement. So, some items are taxed as if they are entering Ireland, then taxed again because they are entering the UK. Many items are also required to be checked coming in from the rest of the UK for the same reason. Loyalists are apparently angry because they feel they are being abandoned and mistreated by the British government. On top of that, the new census results are very likely to show, for the first time, a catholic majority, which has a lot of the unionist side worried. It seems the only viable long term option is for NI to finally unite with Ireland and become full EU members.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are protesting the UK government, so "loyalist" is a little misleading in this context. From what I understand, Northern Ireland is getting royally screwed over as a result of Brexit, apparently paying double tax on everything (not exactly sure how that works).
Loyalists have always protested the British government, in a weird way, as they feel London neglects them and isn't as committed to the union as they are. Loyalists are loyal to the idea of the monarchy/Empire, rather than lubbing the SW1 crowd
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Sir, excuse me Sir, you probably shouldn't be fucking my wife, that's not very uniony. I'm as racist towards my kin as you, Sir please, reconsider your actions. I love you Sir, but please don't do this"
Compradors are really ubiquous eh
In a way is very similar to working class lolbertarians, that really believe applying their bullshit policies would really fix their reality, instead of understanding they shouldn't be licking the boot that kicks them
Unionists are Saxons who settled in the 17th century
Hmm, yeah it's not their kin then; but they are still living in a place fucked over by Britain.
Double dipping? Gotta pay UK tax and EU tax maybe?
Yeah, that seems to be what's happening. It seems some items are taxed twice because NI is part of the European single market in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement. So, some items are taxed as if they are entering Ireland, then taxed again because they are entering the UK. Many items are also required to be checked coming in from the rest of the UK for the same reason. Loyalists are apparently angry because they feel they are being abandoned and mistreated by the British government. On top of that, the new census results are very likely to show, for the first time, a catholic majority, which has a lot of the unionist side worried. It seems the only viable long term option is for NI to finally unite with Ireland and become full EU members.
EDIT: This seems to be a good overview of what's happening.
That's standard for EU member states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union#Revenue