Trouble 'flares' In Northern Ireland.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7363723/PSNI-claim-Burn-Hell-Solder-F-bonfire-banner-hate-crime.html

[retrocop]

All very well building a bonfire with a mountain of pallets in daylight.
Unless the PSNI have the time and manpower to stand sentry on it all night who knows what can be added to it in the dark hours?

[Old_Geezer]

The situation in NI is insane. Still full of hate when they have only their (those actively involved) violent attitudes and behaviour to blame. I'm sure most are wonderful citizens but there's a minority of bad apples determined to make it as hellish as they can. Just hope those hatemongers on their way out have brainwashed fewer in the next generation ensuring things finally improve and become normal.

[THECORBYLOON]

Fair point.

[THECORBYLOON]

That was to RETRO

[ichkeria]

It’s that time of year.
The Apprentice Boys marched through Derry with Para gear and Fs on their uniforms. Just stirring things.
Loyalists had Martin McGuinness on one if their bonfires.
Often the police are wise not to get involved.

[THECORBYLOON]

ICH it was one flute band that wore the "F" badge and the Governor of The Apprentice Boys said they were not aware of that fact 'til later in the march.

[ichkeria]

The police intervened at the time and asked them to reconsider.
They were accused of being heavy handed

[ichkeria]

The fact is symbols matter in a divided society: It’s always the case Here the latest trend seems to be for bonfires to sport the insignia of the “other side” - ironically meaning you can have loyalist regalia on a republican bonfire and vice versa.

[fender62]

i dont think southern ireland would want the north back, to expensive
and they would go bust trying to maintain it, let alone appeasing the pro brits, i think the all ireland crew are deluded.

[sandyRoe]

Both sides here put images of their enemies on bonfires.
'Soldier F', who may have shot 3 or 4 young men in the back as they ran away, would probably be a fair target for bonfire builders in Derry.

[New Judge]

Or "Londonderry" as some might prefer it.

[ichkeria]

Politics in Great Britain is looking a bit like how it did in N Ireland a few years ago: now dominated by an argument about whether the country should be part of somewhere else or not.
Maybe in a few years there’ll be bonfires with effigies of Nigel Farage, Ken Clarke et al

[agchristie]

OG //Just hope those hatemongers on their way out have brainwashed fewer in the next generation ensuring things finally improve and become normal.//

I think that is a forlorn hope unfortunately.

How many versions of the IRA have we had over time?

The scars from Bloody Sunday run deep and whilst the GFA has largely held, there is still a determined set who have strong Republican values.

[ichkeria]

They are insignificant.
Put a new border in and who knows.
Of course it’s easily forgotten that the first acts of terrorise in the current troubles were by Loyalist groups (the UVF’s bombing of electricity installations) and the first RUC officer to die, constable Victor Arbuckle, was also a victim of loyalist gunmen.

[Gromit]

Are people really going to be prosecuted because they place a Union Flag on a bonfire ?

No.

Is it an ’hate’ crime ?

Possibly, but will never get to Court.

Is this a total waste of everyones time? - Surely.