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Police and loyalists say paramilitary groups aren& #39;t involved. They say:
"There has been a spectacular collective failure to understand their anger over Brexit"
NI is *specifically and explicitly* about Brexit, as many predicted ... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/northern-ireland-police-say-paramilitaries-not-behind-recent-violence">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
Police and loyalists say paramilitary groups aren& #39;t involved. They say:
"There has been a spectacular collective failure to understand their anger over Brexit"
NI is *specifically and explicitly* about Brexit, as many predicted ... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/northern-ireland-police-say-paramilitaries-not-behind-recent-violence">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
So far we& #39;ve had 74 police officers injured, and one statement of "concern" from Number 10. And now, after Philip, politics had been effectively turned off for a week.
Compare that with response to vigils about police allegedly murdering a woman. Tory outrage. New laws. Etc...
Compare that with response to vigils about police allegedly murdering a woman. Tory outrage. New laws. Etc...
I genuinely fear where this is going. I mostly fear its not going away.
It& #39;s always been the case that Brexit would cause a border somewhere - land or sea - separating one NI community from the nation it thinks of as home. Brexit is impossible without that. Johnson simply lied.
It& #39;s always been the case that Brexit would cause a border somewhere - land or sea - separating one NI community from the nation it thinks of as home. Brexit is impossible without that. Johnson simply lied.
The terrifying thing is: it took 5 years to sort these arrangements. Changing them won& #39;t take as long, but won& #39;t be overnight. And whatever replaces the current agreement will - must - include a border. Or a cancellation of Brexit.
There& #39;s no way out, and that scares me...
There& #39;s no way out, and that scares me...
Change to a land border, and unionist rioters will be replaced by republican rioters.
Remove borders entirely, and you& #39;ve basically cancelled Brexit. And then we& #39;ll have riots in England too.
Ignore it, and it grows. Stamp down on it, and it grows.
We are trapped.
Remove borders entirely, and you& #39;ve basically cancelled Brexit. And then we& #39;ll have riots in England too.
Ignore it, and it grows. Stamp down on it, and it grows.
We are trapped.
