Belfast rioting over removal of Union Jack

[armaghniac]

In tomorrow's Belfast Telegraph: A change of tactics by flag protestors could see GAA matches and DUP offices picketed.

There's feck all GAA matches in January. Most local clubs in areas where they are easily intimidated have few games, although there is training and social events.

DUP offices might be easier to reach. But the DUP voted against the flag change!

[muppet]

In tomorrow's Belfast Telegraph: A change of tactics by flag protestors could see GAA matches and DUP offices picketed.

There's feck all GAA matches in January. Most local clubs in areas where they are easily intimidated have few games, although there is training and social events.

DUP offices might be easier to reach. But the DUP voted against the flag change!

Why do you bring foreign concepts such as logic and reason into it?

[armaghniac]

Why do you bring foreign concepts such as logic and reason into it?

Probably I am foreign to these people!

[stew]

In tomorrow's Belfast Telegraph: A change of tactics by flag protestors could see GAA matches and DUP offices picketed.

There's feck all GAA matches in January. Most local clubs in areas where they are easily intimidated have few games, although there is training and social events.

DUP offices might be easier to reach. But the DUP voted against the flag change!

If they picket our games hopefully, they will get the fcuk kicked out of them, who do these arrogant master race cnuts think they are?

Where are the loyalist apologists on here at this stage? what are their opinions on this subject matter?

Finally, where are the loyalist apologists on here now???

[theticklemister]

Belfast Telegraph @BelTel
In tomorrow's Belfast Telegraph: A change of tactics by flag protestors could see GAA matches and DUP offices picketed.

Send up to a few donegal games; I heard they only attracted 200 last night.

[brokencrossbar1]

The scary thing though is that this runt of people are actually getting so much airtime.  In typical bully boy approach they try to shout their way to success and have no coherence in what they argue.  I would love to see Bryson and his ilk actually engage in genuine debate rather than bomb scare politics.  The ridiculous thing is they dont evem know what 'culture' is hence their plans to protest at 'themmuns' culture. Their whole sense of identity is based on a negative,  'whatever themmus are, we're nat!' Their lack of identity means that like all bullies they can only try to bully more.  They lack political and social leaders yet blame peace for their problems.  Dpnaldsons body language last night sums up what is wrong, refused tp look people straight in the face whem they spoke to him, refused to answer hatd questions and basically reaffirmed to me that the whole rationale behind this whole thing is party politics to oust Naomi Long

[NAG1]

Depressing Stuff all round

[Club Rossa]

Some crowd of knuckle draggers in the audience last night,lowest of the low.

[LeoMc]

Never seen so many tracksuits so obviously not used for their intended purpose.

[nifan]

If the flag was put back up all year do you think these guys would stop. I reckon they are enjoying themselves now.

[NAG1]

If the flag was put back up all year do you think these guys would stop. I reckon they are enjoying themselves now.

Flags are a joke issue on both sides, these ones that are so fond of their flag and putting them up on every street corner and lamp post only for it to be left there to get tattered and ripped to shreds by the weather. No respect for it at all.

[imtommygunn]

If the flag was put back up all year do you think these guys would stop. I reckon they are enjoying themselves now.

That's exactly what I was hoping they would ask that wee rodent Bryson. I very much doubt that would change anything.

Sure they throw petrol bombs and bricks with union jacks round their face to hide their identitiy. Respect is not a word these people have much of an understanding of.

Alliance have commited political suicide unfortunately.

The next set of elections will be very interesting. Unionism is in turmoil.

[Hardy]

Christ help us if what we saw last night is indicative of the political leadership available to the people of the North. You know you're in trouble when Gerry Kelly is the voice of moderation, reason and compromise in any gathering.

[AQMP]

Christ help us if what we saw last night is indicative of the political leadership available to the people of the North. You know you're in trouble when Gerry Kelly is the voice of moderation, reason and compromise in any gathering.

Hardy, like "military intelligence" that is a contradiction in terms.  I missed this programme, sounds like a hoot. 

For those of us in the twilight of our revolutionary career, this is depressingly familiar.  We have been here before and no doubt we will be here again. 

The positive thing here is that the numbers are so small.  In the 70s there would have been a general strike and a few sectarian murders.  However IMHO they are being given media coverage way beyond their influence.  The showpiece march in Enniskillen last Friday attracted approx 60 "protesters".  The only person here I have met who thinks the flag over the City Hall is a major issue is a Catholic businessman.

As to picketing GAA games, I would suspect they're not thinking of Casement or Corrigan Park, but I would worry for clubs like St Enda's, St Patrick's Lisburn or St Comgall's Antrim (and others) where intimidation and bully boy tactics would be easier to implement.

[johnneycool]

Please tell me this is on iplayer as seemed to have missed a ball.

What was Joseph Brolly on for?