Belfast violence

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Another night of violence and riots underway in Belfast tonight



They have hijacked a double decker bus this evening and set fire to it on the Shankhil Road

Video:
https://twitter.com/trishdevlin/status/1379871010808270850?s=19



https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/07/northern-ireland-dishonesty-over-brexit-fuelled-loyalist-anger-says-stormont-minister?__twitter_impression=true

British media desperately trying not to talk about it and the politicians trying to pretend it isnt happening. Absolutely shameful stuff.

Here is a local to explain the situation
https://twitter.com/lilytryx/status/1379893544488427527?s=19

Incredibly sad. This brings backs memories of watching similar violence in Belfast during my childhood.

Its now 1972 again?

Why? What is triggering this?

Each person who damaged something should have to pay for the damage they have caused. If this simple and very fair rule were to be enforced, no one would dare do anything like this.

Even those who have spent the last 3 months trying to deny this was all clearly building up to happen, and who's vote set the wheels in motion for this to happen, are now having to accept it is indeed happening

https://twitter.com/CatharineHoey/status/1379902810620317696

Kate Hoey:
"The Protocol has destabilised Northern Ireland. Placing a border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland without the consent of the pro Union community has been the trigger for this unacceptable violence"

Not this again.

But as others have said, this was a somewhat predictable turn of events.

When people are looking for an excuse to start a fight, and you give them an excuse, they will start a fight.

Brexit made this violence inevitable.

My heart goes out to all affected.

here is someone you might recognise who, when he wanted to be PM, told the country that under no circumstances would a border down the Irish Sea be put in place
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1379691256687820801

he then got voted in and very quickly instructed that a border be put down the Irish Sea

Starting again. 7th night.

Not even being mentioned in American news.

Had to search the web to get a handle on it. That local young lady in that link provided by Biscuitman gives a good summary of it.

Apparently the trigger that reopens the wounds is Brexit.

All of the UK is officially divorced from the EU. BUT they have to make an exception for northern ireland, because they cant make the border between the two irelands be a "hard border" with customs inspections etc.

That would make the Catholics in NE angry.

So...they have to place the hard border between the UK and the EU between Northern Ireland itself, and the rest of the UK (ie Britain).Like putting a fence dividing your own back yard instead fencing off your whole back yard from the neighbors. So commerce can come through the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland, but cant cross the little sea to Britain with out the hard border treatment. Likewise goods cant arrive FROM Britain TO NE without crossing the new Irish sea hard border. And this barrier between NE and the rest of the UK makes the Loyalists, aka "the Protestants" in Northern Ireland angry. And they are now rioting.

OH yes... and that other thing. Shin Fein (aka "the IRA") had that big wake for one of their heroes, with 3000 people attending who did NOT wear social distancing masks. And the UK authorities choose not to prosecute them for the covid violation. And that angered Loyalist too.

So Brexit combined with Covid rubbed salt on the old sectarian wounds. Apparently.