“It was like Belfast in the 1970s out there”

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So far I’ve only found one mention of Belfast (or Northern Ireland) in this morning’s Daily Mail. [free at the airport – don’t judge!] On page 13 a neighbout was describing a Facebook party that had got out of control next door to his house in Essex:

It was like Belfast in the 1970s out there. It was terrifying. There were hundreds of people out to cause trouble.

1970s? How out of touch …

Maybe GB aren’t paying attention to the scenes from NI that are playing out on the network news each evening?

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