Rioting half a mile down the road from my house.
Police in riot gear baton charging
Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles thrown
Its just like the mid 90's again
I just read about this, Sinn Feinn were saying it was a bunch of splinter groups headed by the Real IRA, I dont know about you URSUS but i never thought this was over, not by a long shot...you have the prods lighting 150 tall bonfires and trying to march through catholic areas, you know theyre still under the siege mentality, it's a show of force driven by a deep seated insecurity. Paisley Junior can crow all he wants about the fact they prevented NI from rejoining Ireland, but it seems to me that the catholics are just waiting for the demographic majority to kick in, once that happens we could see some real trouble once again. Thing that worries me is that we say theres peace, but its only maintained in many areas through the construction of huge walls to divide and segregate the communities, I cant see how thats going to help in the long run.
maybe im wrong and NI has genuinely turned a corner, but there seems to be so many problems still, ill be honest im not hopeful.