Belfast rioting over removal of Union Jack

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

A sure the BBC will continue to commission onesided viewpoints like this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p6411/12_Miles_The_Narrow_Sea_The_City/

[Ulick]

List of planned protests doing the round on Twitter

Not too many in the AM.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

List of planned protests doing the round on Twitter

Outside St.George's Hall tomorrow, the local Scousers won't be happy. Have heard many an English person moan about the traffic being held up because of "the lodge".

[trileacman]

Maybe it's just me being an idiot, but why that this issue spread outside of Belfast when it is a matter that only really concerns the Belfast City Council area? It's not as if similar fleg agreements haven't been made elsewhere (As Basil McCrea pointed out concerning Lisburn yesterday) which have gone through without incident yet it seems to have dragged some people out to now protest at Belfast's decision across d'north and even in Britain?

P.S. Priorities and all that shite...

Is been a while since they've had some sectarian bullshit to get riled up about and go out and break a few windows; Drumcree, Holy Cross, etc. Doesn't matter if it makes no f**king sense you just need some half-arsed excuse to drape yourself in your favourite flag and go out and give abuse to other people. It will all happen again in 18-24 months time.

[theskull1]

The DUP know they can turn on these thick as shit droids whenever it suits. This time it suited

They are getting away far too handy.  No doubt this was pure underhand politics to put the alliance party down a peg in unionist constituencies.
Any wonder they don't care much for improving the academic possibilities of their electorate when they need them to behave like neanderthals every now and then to help serve their own selfish interests.

So much for the work developing the Boyne and the foot stomping in Rossnowlagh to see that their culture can be given respect. Would it be wrong to pull up the drawbridge if they insist on behaving like this?

[EC Unique]

Time these c***ts were beat off the streets. Big protests planned today in central Belfast. One of the biggest shopping days of the year! Costing millions in lost revenue.

[Main Street]

Ye can't be f**king serious? FFS would their Unionists MLA's not tell them to pipe down!

The first priority of a politician is to get elected and stay electable. This is an early Christmas gift for the DUP.

[fingerbob]

If anything I can see this consolidating Alliance's position in east Belfast. The thugs out protesting and their supporters have probably never voted alliance and this whole situation has probably just strengthened their position with the electorate who did vote alliance.

It does a lot to dispel the small u myth and fence sitting image.

[Last Man]

If anything I can see this consolidating Alliance's position in east Belfast. The thugs out protesting and their supporters have probably never voted alliance and this whole situation has probably just strengthened their position with the electorate who did vote alliance.

It does a lot to dispel the small u myth and fence sitting image.

I certainly hope this is the case. Politics is often a dirty sneaky business but the DUP have sunk to a new low this time....please let it back fire!!!

[fingerbob]

If anything I can see this consolidating Alliance's position in east Belfast. The thugs out protesting and their supporters have probably never voted alliance and this whole situation has probably just strengthened their position with the electorate who did vote alliance.

It does a lot to dispel the small u myth and fence sitting image.

I certainly hope this is the case. Politics is often a dirty sneaky business but the DUP have sunk to a new low this time....please let it back fire!!!

I'm only speculating but I think there's a large section of the unionist electorate that are far more liberal and progressive than the DUP and UUP represent.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

If anything I can see this consolidating Alliance's position in east Belfast. The thugs out protesting and their supporters have probably never voted alliance and this whole situation has probably just strengthened their position with the electorate who did vote alliance.

It does a lot to dispel the small u myth and fence sitting image.

I certainly hope this is the case. Politics is often a dirty sneaky business but the DUP have sunk to a new low this time....please let it back fire!!!

I'm only speculating but I think there's a large section of the unionist electorate that are far more liberal and progressive than the DUP and UUP represent.

I hope more middle of the road Unionists/Nationalists move towards the Alliance party. What the North also needs is an effective liberal Nationalists and an effective liberal Unionist party. The problem is alot of sound minded Unionists and Nationalists/Republicans are probably just voting DUP and SF because the UUP and SDLP are gone so useless.

[fingerbob]

I agree. If the UUP and SDLP had of elected Basil/John McCallister and Conall McDevitt respectively it would have been the first steps to what you're talking about. A strong liberal element on each side with the Alliance would eventually lead to the normalisation of politics up here.

[Nally Stand]

So basically everyone should just join Alliance and hold hands skipping off into the sunset and pretend that the constitutional problem doesn't exist and that anyone who cares about it and wants to support a party which aims to either maintain or end the union is just an extremist?

[trileacman]

So basically everyone should just join Alliance and hold hands skipping off into the sunset and pretend that the constitutional problem doesn't exist and that anyone who cares about it and wants to support a party which aims to either maintain or end the union is just an extremist?

So you're happy for the riots and sectarian politics to continue to infinity?

[Nally Stand]

So basically everyone should just join Alliance and hold hands skipping off into the sunset and pretend that the constitutional problem doesn't exist and that anyone who cares about it and wants to support a party which aims to either maintain or end the union is just an extremist?

So you're happy for the riots and sectarian politics to continue to infinity?

Exhibit A there trileacman, thanks. So basically anyone who doesn't vote Alliance is a sectarian then in this six county Narnia? I am a Republican and I am fiercely non-sectarian. I think I'll give Alliance a miss all the same, thanks.