I have a pretty basic gist of it, and am pretty familiar with The Troubles, but was thinking there is a bit more to this event right now than it might appear? thx
Unionists are getting antsy because of all the talk of a United Ireland.
Also general teenage disaffection and a recession making people mad, and that frustration gets channeled into the orange/green stuff. Maybe sexual frustration too, there's always some sexual frustration in these sorts of things.
Edit: here's a Shankill local saying basically all that: https://files.catbox.moe/sqz839.mp4
imagine seeing the sinking ship of Britain and wanting to go down with it.
Yeah I have to imagine the united ireland thing plays a big role, that whole topic really works some people up. With brexit now too it has to be more appealing than ever
This article is what I could find from a cursory glance:
Loyalists are angry at Northern Ireland's new trading arrangements, which were implemented because of Brexit, under a mechanism known as the protocol. In addition to concerns over the Northern Ireland protocol, some loyalists have accused the PSNI of "two-tier policing". They argue the PSNI is treating the nationalist community differently from the loyalist community. These fears were exacerbated last week when the PSNI decided not to prosecute Sinn Fein politicians for attending the funeral of Bobby Storey, a senior Republican figure who is said to have been the head of the IRA's intelligence unit in the 1990s. Mr Beattie added: "Where we have criminal drug gangs organising rioting in other parts of the country - it is utterly disgraceful. I have long had an issue with these people [South East Antrim UDA] and they have to be called out time and time again."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/northern-ireland-riots-belfast-violence-b1827319.html
cheers, thanks. finding a good source got a bit annoying, so much of protest coverage everywhere gets so muddied.
it's possible that the ulsterites are having a pied noir level bitch fit in an attempt to trigger the republicans, remember that these are mostly youth gangs that ceremonialy burn irish flags every year. The Troubles are inevitable and a distraction.
Ohhhh of course. But lol, im sure as politicians they got vaccinated ages ago
In addition to concerns over the Northern Ireland protocol, some loyalists have accused the PSNI of “two-tier policing”. They argue the PSNI is treating the nationalist community differently from the loyalist community.
This is horseshit. The PSNI is like 80% protestant. This is the northern irish equivalent of "white men are the most oppressed class!"
