A wee walk?
I’m intending, if possible, to try and take in all of tomorrow’s parade and protests with a walk starting at the éirígí demo, heading towards the SF one via the military assembly point at Inst then walking along the parade route finishing up with the demo at the Markets (might try to fit in the WSM demo at Primark).
I’ve asked a Unionist to join me on the dander and blog their view of the same experience but that may not work out. If anyone else is game for a day of differing views and then blogging them after please drop me a line and we can arrange to meet up in the morning. (mark@markmcgregor.info)
ADDS: Sorry it wasn’t clear but this is not only open to people willing to blog but anyone wanting to try and take in both sides and blog, feed into a blog or not.
i think the clue might be in the BBC’s name..the british bit lol
Wouldnt say we’ll hear a word about it. Where as if it were republican violence, it would be headline front page news…
I saw and heard about the hoodies on the scaffolding …. from watching BBC TV news.
Selective eye-sight, selective hearing, starting protests, hiking tension, not wanting to take responsibility, etc, etc.
Welcome to the new Northern Ireland, blah, blah, blah.
It seems to have gone as well as if not better than expected, move on.
After all the hype as I suspected it was a damp squib. Maybe we are all finally growing up a bit.
The loyalist violence made front page news at UTV’s website only to be taken down rather quickly and replaced with news ‘only’ about the Army parade.
BBC on their own website and TV, haven’t reported ANYTHING about the violence from the Loyalists, who obviously couldn’t care less about the parade(as they didn’t take part) , they were only interested in the Sinn Fein protesters.
Slug,
Thanks for your concern, I’m perfectly fine. Am working on the blog and photos now, it’ll take a while. Myself and companion were able to observe almost every aspect close up.
Mark – that’s a relief.
I look forward to your blog it will be very interesting and a very good idea.
“Sinn Féin said it was inappropriate to mark the homecoming because British troops were responsible for the deaths of Catholic civilians during the Troubles”
Sinn Fein had already said their protest was about illegal wars – this statement proves it was all about bigotry and sectarianism, SF/IRA have shown their true colours yet again – how many innocent deaths are SF/IRA responsible for ?
Unity ? on republican terms ? NEVER
1912, I wouldn’r worry about “unity on republican terms” because such a thing is unachievable.
Rather like the terror campaign iself, continuing republican agitation mitigates against unity (and alientates the mainstream South). Ironic, isn’t it?
The BBC and UTV did report on loyalist violence a couple of years ago, when the sons of Ulster underscored their loyalty and support for the troops by firing crossbow bolts and live rounds at them following the rerouting of the Whiterock parade. I guess, though, that “partiality” requires that they stay out of it until the petrol bombs come out.
Fireworks were also thrown in Royal Avenue and York Street and stones were thrown by youths at the bottom of Divis Street, close to the Falls Road.
Loyalists involved there too?
Nothing like a few explosions in Liverpool, Birmingham and London to wake up the British people to the bastards exploiting their good name under the Unionist label in the six counties.
You can bet the situation will change then.
KieranJ
If you have so much Irish feelings why do you still live in USA, when you move to Ireland then comment on what actually affects you – until then SHUT THE FUCK UP and stop shit stirring
The fireworks/sorry squibs bangers in royal avenue & yorkstreet were being let off by teenagers as a bit of fun,annoyed the hell out of me right enough but there was no malice involved & they were not aimed at anyone or anyside.I walked from royal avenue onto the shore road & there was quite a few let off no doubt about it,but again before conspiracy theories abound it was teenagers doing what teenagers do.
There will be riots in Belfast tonight, and everyone who has posted on this forum knows it, at the end of the day if so called American Irishmen had stopped providing cash and weapons to SF/IRA the “troubles” would never have lasted.
any idea how many attended the parade? Looked like a hefty crowd on the tele.
Unfortunately, the local scumbags will grab many of the headlines again. NO surprise.
I was at the Junction of Gt. Victoria Street, beside the Opera House and saw a few stupid loyalists [perhaps two dozen at the most] on the Spires building scaffolding.
My main concerns were why the Provos were allowed to come to the very bottom of the Grosvenor Road and why Spike Murray, a member of the Parades Review Body had a prominent role, radio in hand. I recall the House of Lords decision a few months back that David Burrows, a former member of the Orange Order was not suitable to be a member of the Parades Commission – how then can Murray be a member of the Review Body? I’ll be checking with the NIO tomorrow.
The Provos and the mirror images, the Dissidents didn’t achieve what they hoped, namely to get a riot going.
Thank you to the brave soldiers of the RIR and other regiments.
WEAR YOUR POPPY WITH PRIDE
DUNGIVEN SINGER EOGHAN QUINN WEARS HIS!
Police estimates are that the crowd was in the region of 50,000
Msg to Mark…..want a couple of pics uploaded of Murray directing the Provos and the OC Storey with his megaphone?
“Sinn Fein had already said their protest was about illegal wars – this statement proves it was all about bigotry and sectarianism”
Yeah, heard Nigel Dodds repeatdly claim the same thing on Nolan.
Can someone tell me how this can be billed sectarian? Am I missing something?
Question for Paul McMahon. Was the 35 year war carried out by Sinn Fein / IRA amongst the illegal wars they were protesting about? I don’t recall the UN giving permission for their campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing of Protestants along the border.
Perhaps you could enlighten me, non Provo-speak please.
I have just heard that paragon of virtue, Mark Thompson of the Provo lead Relatives for Justice. He is such an unbiased and truthful commentator with deficient eyesight and poor hearing. His poor Reelateeves were ‘subjected to abuse’…..not as much abuse as some of his reelavtees and their kinfolk meeted out to Jean McConville and to the other 1773 people the Provos murdered. Stick and Stones will break your bones Mark bhoy, but names will never hurt you.
I’m sure that the resident whinger of Talkback is sick that his Provo mates didn’t get the loyalist to attack them. The Provos had their own video crew in place…no doubt they, like Mark McGregor are doing the careful editing of the pictures to show their Provies up as the good guys and ‘them Loyalists’ as the bad guys.
Willy away and crawl back to calton radio or I’ll send spike round to visit you.
There will be riots in Belfast tonight
Can you give me next week’s lottery numbers while you’re at it?
“There will be riots in Belfast tonight”
My last Fire Brigade FOI was between Dresden and a particularly combustible sink estate in England.
I am not sure I would notice the difference. I had another bonfire type arson thing today. I’m not sure if it is a WB thing, does SB have a lot of arson?
Gregory