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Non-party political Loyalists peacefully campaigning against far-right Irish fascism, extreme nationalism and catholic fundamentalist terrorism in Ulster.
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Books
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Belfast 400: People, Place and History (Sean Connolly, editor)
Tweet Ten days ago I finished reading Belfast 400: People, Place and History, a book published to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the city’s charter. In the light of last week’s reawakened community tensions and violence, it is interesting to look back at the roots of the city and its journey into the twenty [...] read our review »
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A rolling First World War reviews thread.
Tweet Given the day that is in it, and since there are only whatever number of shopping days until Christmas, this post is a rolling review of First World War literature, in its broadest sense to include personal accounts, historical fiction (and everything in between), histories, cinema, documentary, drama, theatre and the endless poetry. Next [...] read our review » -
What Ireland did right (and what it needs to do)…
Tweet It is difficult to believe now that one country recently sent 19 delegations to Ireland to study how well our economy was managed. The revelation that our model of economic management featured positively in political and economic discussion in countries including Estonia, Greece and Scotland may also come as a surprise. As we survey [...] read our review »
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Comment on Radical Independence & The Jamaican, Ugandan & Pakistani UKIP candidates
on 19 May 2013 at 3:23 pm
UPC was not mistaken that Malcolm Redfellow claims all Scottish people are signed up UVF members.
Read comments here:
http://sluggerotoole.com/2011/06/22/ofmdfm-we-would-ask-everyone-to-give-the-official-the-time-and-space-to-conduct-this-work/comment-page-1/
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Comment on Has the Protestant Working Class lost out in the Peace Process?
on 19 May 2013 at 3:20 pm
I see from the photo that MI5 were well represented at the meeting.
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Comment on Radical Independence & The Jamaican, Ugandan & Pakistani UKIP candidates
on 18 May 2013 at 11:31 pm
Malcolm, not so long ago you made a comment suggesting all Scottish people were members of the UVF in your exasperating attempt to prove the organisation was involved in prostitution. Your credibility on this site was severely damaged as a result.
Forgive us if we simply ignore your *nod nod wink wink* comments unless you can provide us with something concrete.
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Comment on Quote of the week…
on 27 April 2013 at 4:28 pm
I went on one of the Maze tours in 2011 which was arranged through a Loyalist ex-prisoners group. We had to be discreet and weren’t allowed to take photos as, at the time, Robinson and McGuinness had an agreement that no tours would take place (apparently the site is controlled by OFMDFM). I presume this was because Robinson feared the backlash of photos or videos leaking out of IRA supporters paying homage to Jimmy Sands or something similar.
The tour guide was an ex-Provo prisoner and it was very obvious his ‘commentary’ for a Loyalist group of visitors was vastly different to his usual spiel dished out to the various Irish American, Free State and IRA supporting mobs who make up the 95% of visiting parties. He still managed to get in that all prison officers were all alcoholic bigots who hated catholics and enjoyed beating them up for fun. (One of the Loyalists in the group recounted his own stories of being beaten which seemed to shut him up)
Anyway, my point is that these tours are going on at present almost every day of the week. They are facilitated and arranged by IRA supporting ex-prisoner and community groups and are hosted by an ex-IRA prisoner. You can be 100% certain that any visiting groups from an Irish/catholic/nationalist background and those of a neutral persuasion from other countries are being given the full IRA propaganda treatment on these tours.
The place should be flattened and any peace centre built on Crumlin Road where investment, tourists and jobs are really needed.
Why not built a new fully integrated, cross community social housing development on the site of The Maze? 50/50 protestant and catholic residents with integrated primary and secondary schools. That would be a far better peace legacy for the site.
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Comment on Of course the department’s rules don’t apply to members of the Minister’s own party…
on 12 March 2013 at 3:05 pm
What’s the point in even bringing it up?
SF’s partners in government will do nothing about it (like when the party was confirmed to be actively discriminating against protestant workers in their departments) and their voters simply don’t care about this kind of thing. They will vote for a donkey with a tricolour if they are told to.
All in all it’s one of those things which just epitomises the sham terrorism appeasement process and anti-democratic devolved Assembly the majority of Unionists want to see shut down.
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Comment on The judges are right to speak out against coat trailing politicians
on 9 March 2013 at 10:08 pm
You think people like this have personal hygiene at the top of their priority list?
http://c1.dmlimg.com/2e5c93fc5fcb277c88837e18ff8cc045dad6558e43404d94aadba4986df77cce.jpg
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Comment on The judges are right to speak out against coat trailing politicians
on 9 March 2013 at 8:28 pm
Wading in?
There hasn’t been ‘wading in’ to the unwashed crowds at Ardoyne for many a year.
Standing and taking it more like:
http://youtu.be/mkMhZaFJNus
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Comment on “The Undertaker Who Resurrected Unionism”
on 8 March 2013 at 8:20 pm
Comrade Stalin: If we define “unionism” as the headlong rush to get a Prod elected irrespective of policies or principles (which is the mentality that led to the joint candidate in Mid Ulster and F&ST), then yes, having more than one unionist party damages unionism.
Or maybe they think the constituency should have representation in the country’s parliament?
Strange I know….
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Comment on Italian Police believe Harry Fitzsimons had reason to fear for his life…
on 7 March 2013 at 7:21 pm
Italian mafia, Colombian cocaine cartels, Irish-American drug dealers, Islamic fundamentalists, a global paedophile ring – is there anyone out there the IRA won’t hook up with to line the pockets of their senior members???
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Comment on Brid Rogers and the case of SDLP leading the opposition…
on 7 March 2013 at 6:17 am
How about the same kind of democracy practised in Belfast City Council?
SF, SDLP & Alliance having been telling us for the past few months how workable and fair it is…
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