Flags & Culture.....

[michaelg]

All the talk of george Best been a hero in east belfast, his wanting of 1 ireland team always did rub the locals up the wrong way, East belfast must see the uvf as more heroes than best, painting over the mural, dont see anyone from the area or unionist politicians standing up and saying its a mistake to paint over this with another loyalist mural, no better an advert for the sydenham area been full of low life scum than the locals going back to what they know best between murals , flags, marches, oh this is the life!

Local opposition to the new UVF mural issue looks like said mural will now not materialise.  So much for the "low life scum of Sydenham".

[qubdub]

Members of the PUP openly expressed their opposition to the UVF mural replacing the Best one, so the previous assertion that the majority in that particular community support it is misplaced.

[red hander]

The U-turn is more to do with the embarrassment caused by the media furore and the completely bowel-loosening laughable suggestion that loyalists are 'oppressed'. The only people oppressing them are the scum of the UVF

[michaelg]

The U-turn is more to do with the embarrassment caused by the media furore and the completely bowel-loosening laughable suggestion that loyalists are 'oppressed'. The only people oppressing them are the scum of the UVF

Precisely, which is why previous attacks on the local people of the area were wrong given that they had f**k all say in the proposed new mural.

[No Soloing]

All the talk of george Best been a hero in east belfast, his wanting of 1 ireland team always did rub the locals up the wrong way, East belfast must see the uvf as more heroes than best, painting over the mural, dont see anyone from the area or unionist politicians standing up and saying its a mistake to paint over this with another loyalist mural, no better an advert for the sydenham area been full of low life scum than the locals going back to what they know best between murals , flags, marches, oh this is the life!

Local opposition to the new UVF mural issue looks like said mural will now not materialise.  So much for the "low life scum of Sydenham".

Lets see what it is replaced with. Maybe not a UVF gunman - but I'll be surprised if something as unobjectionable as George Best gets put up - maybe the MLK quote without the gunman??

[Tony Baloney]

They may as well just paint a big begging letter or grant form on the gable walls in loyalist areas as that is all the cnuts are interested in.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

All the talk of george Best been a hero in east belfast, his wanting of 1 ireland team always did rub the locals up the wrong way, East belfast must see the uvf as more heroes than best, painting over the mural, dont see anyone from the area or unionist politicians standing up and saying its a mistake to paint over this with another loyalist mural, no better an advert for the sydenham area been full of low life scum than the locals going back to what they know best between murals , flags, marches, oh this is the life!

Local opposition to the new UVF mural issue looks like said mural will now not materialise.  So much for the "low life scum of Sydenham".

Lets see what it is replaced with. Maybe not a UVF gunman - but I'll be surprised if something as unobjectionable as George Best gets put up - maybe the MLK quote without the gunman??

Compromise sorted

[Minder]

All the talk of george Best been a hero in east belfast, his wanting of 1 ireland team always did rub the locals up the wrong way, East belfast must see the uvf as more heroes than best, painting over the mural, dont see anyone from the area or unionist politicians standing up and saying its a mistake to paint over this with another loyalist mural, no better an advert for the sydenham area been full of low life scum than the locals going back to what they know best between murals , flags, marches, oh this is the life!

Local opposition to the new UVF mural issue looks like said mural will now not materialise.  So much for the "low life scum of Sydenham".

Lets see what it is replaced with. Maybe not a UVF gunman - but I'll be surprised if something as unobjectionable as George Best gets put up - maybe the MLK quote without the gunman??

The mural has been finished, and is indeed a UVF mural.

[All of a Sludden]

A new paramilitary mural that had been stalled after a public outcry in east Belfast has now been completed, despite objections from public representatives.

The image, that depicts a masked gunman, replaced a mural of the Belfast-born footballer George Best.

It is dedicated to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), which murdered more than 500 people during the Troubles.

Earlier this month it was believed work had stopped due to the objections, but the new mural has now been completed.

[Wildweasel74]

looks like the locals didnt object enough, on another note, getting 3000 people out for a protest against PUL culture doesnt say much with N.Ireland population in around 1.2million or more, so how can such a low minority be fucked having the say on running of marches and flags when the majority of sensible people dont want this harassment concurring on a  weekly basis

[Applesisapples]

They have the DUP by the goolies and can lead them anywhere they like. DUP councillors again marching with this illegal protest.

[theskull1]

Another part of unionisms proud culture exposed. The culture of ensuring you don't sell ground to Catholics.

Long known to be the case (but yet under the radar of media glare).

[EC Unique]

Another part of unionisms proud culture exposed. The culture of ensuring you don't sell ground to Catholics.

Long known to be the case (but yet under the radar of media glare).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24225248

[AQMP]

Even by Robinson's standards this was pretty bizarre stuff

[johnneycool]

Another part of unionisms proud culture exposed. The culture of ensuring you don't sell ground to Catholics.

Long known to be the case (but yet under the radar of media glare).

The land Ballygalget pitch currently resides on was once owned by a protestant farmer who sold it to the locals for the hurling pitch and was then duly booted out of the Orange order and ostracised for doing so. His one stipulation was that the tri-colour wouldn't fly over the pitch whilst him or his wife lived in the house overlooking the pitch and never did until she died some 20 odd years ago.