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You read that they arrested someone with class A drugs and supplying drugs? Plus a dissident?

And seized a banner 🤷 As I said why is the same force not used for all the hate crimes over the 12th? I'm sure there'd be more than a few drugs around those bonfires.. but loyalists given free rein to do as they wish.
Not only don't tackle those crimes but aid and abett in them and refuse to stop an illegal bonfire.

Look, you've lost me with defending drug dealers

As for waiting on a United ireland to solve the policing problems that's not going to happen in our lifetime I'm afraid plus you'll still have peelers in the north and for a while 30 plus years they'll be under constant threat

I've said it multiple times they are nowhere near close to the police service that I grew up with on the Falls rd during the troubles, I've also said they ain't perfect

Seized a banner and gave it back! f**k me!

And stop with the whataboutery, going in to stop that bonfire would only have created more trouble, whether or not that is the correct thing to do isn't up for debate.

Rank and file policemen are told what to do from their bosses who in turn are told what to do mainly from their bosses. The government need to be front and centre and hold them to account, and that's why the policing board needs more control, to ensure there is transparency.

But when you have a plan to actually fix the police service let me know.

Jees! You're some fan of the PSNI. Don't be getting excited, I'm not advocating a return to violence.
We were promised so much with new policing but it is still at its core unionism with a whole anti-nationalist/Republican bias. Why are they covering up for loyalist murderers?
You don't agree so be it..

Show me in any post I'm a fan, and show me where I said I don't agree with getting answers?

The PSNI should like any police for mark their own homework, be like turkey's voting for Xmas, it needs no hold bars investigating. But that should be for every unsolved murder

Getting it right won't happen for generations, people literally have to die off.. but with social media I can't see an end to the perpetual Themus and usums

So when you've time, to actually give a proper answer without the stupid predictable insults I'll listen

You read that they arrested someone with class A drugs and supplying drugs? Plus a dissident?

And seized a banner 🤷 As I said why is the same force not used for all the hate crimes over the 12th? I'm sure there'd be more than a few drugs around those bonfires.. but loyalists given free rein to do as they wish.
Not only don't tackle those crimes but aid and abett in them and refuse to stop an illegal bonfire.

Look, you've lost me with defending drug dealers

As for waiting on a United ireland to solve the policing problems that's not going to happen in our lifetime I'm afraid plus you'll still have peelers in the north and for a while 30 plus years they'll be under constant threat

I've said it multiple times they are nowhere near close to the police service that I grew up with on the Falls rd during the troubles, I've also said they ain't perfect

Seized a banner and gave it back! f**k me!

And stop with the whataboutery, going in to stop that bonfire would only have created more trouble, whether or not that is the correct thing to do isn't up for debate.

Rank and file policemen are told what to do from their bosses who in turn are told what to do mainly from their bosses. The government need to be front and centre and hold them to account, and that's why the policing board needs more control, to ensure there is transparency.

But when you have a plan to actually fix the police service let me know.

You read that they arrested someone with class A drugs and supplying drugs? Plus a dissident?

Totally sectarian police force. Even in the last week confiscating a Republican memorial billboard before having to leave it back due the legal intervention.. while ignoring bonfires with all sorts of sectarian and racist slogans and effigies...

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/psni-forced-to-return-billboard-memorial-for-republican-a-day-after-it-was-seized-in-house-raid/a516789500.html

I've asked you before about your plan to make the police force better, any ideas?

Btw have you read this link?

Funnily enough was with a old clubman today and we sat and tried to pick our best club 15, his memory will go back to a generation before me and I remembered his generation very well and going through to the modern players..

Was a complete struggle, as it's looked at with bias of styles and achievements and attitudes..

But very enjoyable and we didn't get to complete it without the main players but as this is showing we finding the Goat is impossible to achieve

MR2,
  When the PSNI actively do their utmost to withhold information on legacy cases involving Loyalist informants it's hard to say they're really any different to the RUC of old.

If the leadership of the PSNI really wanted to break all ties with the past and the RUC they'd have opened all their records to legal scrutiny but have done everything but.

The British Gov along with the PSNI is proof with the way they're dealing with the Sean Brown murder that deep down we're still second class citizens when it comes to the crunch.

Are they shooting rubber bullets at nationalist kids anymore, probably not, but institutionally they still hold a deep unionist bias.

I'm not saying it's perfect (multiple times I've said this) and legacy issues are and will be unfortunately very difficult to address, I've made my view on how to deal with legacy issues.

For me it's down to the government to address that, with powers that outstrip the police reluctance in providing all the information. Again that's going to be more difficult.

My current view is based on how my life and family life is with regards to living in a time of the old RUC and what I'm currently dealing with.

It's night and day, no raids, no shootings, industrial collusion, blatant bias and so many other things that happen.

The days of getting home 4 hours later after a game up the country involved being stopped and held for few hours are gone.

I listen like most to Sean Brown's wife and daughter on what they are dealing with since that time. Looking for answers and reason why.. I hope they get it, every unsolved murder needs to have closure too.

So give me the current set up to the last set up. But don't expect a institutionalised set up to change quickly.

As I've asked earlier I'd like to hear how it could be fixed but give me an actual thought out plan.

I'd never encourage anyone to join the police while the threat of dissidents or families having threats over their kid joining and so on.. how do you make it impartial?

LD have put a lot of work in on facilities and re-establishing their juvenile base, sad to see this and hopefully the work of a lone space cadet rather than anything else.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqp13zv49o

That's awful! Great set up around there.

Clifford is a modern day Matt Connor for me, enjoy it while it lasts

I seriously had to look up Matt Connor, I remember 80's football but he (due to an accident) didn't play that long but his best best are YouTube

Certainly similarities with Clifford on those clips

But Peter Canavan is a better player if we are looking at clips.

Clifford has a lot more to his game than most so gets the nod from what I've seen

Death to sean cavanagh a rotten **** who put Clifford above Peter the great.

Smary bastard

U know it Mucker

Put the perno down

The theatrics during the second half of that game is what makes soccer one of the worst team sports about!

Chelsea ripping PSG a new arsehole here

PL is Chelsea's to lose...

Too early?

It's better than what's been served up for years.. one season nearly done and the knives are out.

Tough gig

Colm O'R wouldn't gave done any worse

You wouldn't have done any worse also...

Harte on the circuit big time and has been for years.  Can't get enough of it.

You'd think that he'd sit nd watch the match at home. Like Mc Conville too, into the media all the time.

Mc Ginley is knowledgeable. Good live match analysis in my opinion.

If someone is willing to give a decent wage doing commentary you'll take it..

I know a lad that was just doing the odd voice over stuff for adds on radio and tv, pretty good money for nothing.

For all jimmys crying, their last 5 games to get to final included 4 division 2 teams.

Cavan
Mayo
Louth
Monaghan
Meath

There's only one person that's crying more than Jimmy