"Race-based pogrom" and "huge act of self-harm by mindless idiots who are actually only damaging their own futures".

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Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill says "groups of masked men" were "burning families out of their homes"

One pastor in north Belfast says black people's homes were targeted, while an MP tells the BBC there was a "race-based pogrom"

The PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says the violent disorder in Belfast was a "huge act of self-harm by mindless idiots who are actually only damaging their own futures".

I agree with all the quotes. Sick of mindless racist thugs and their 'protests', where they look like they are enjoying themselves while they commit violence and set fire to things.

Well yes. And the recruitment base is diversified. This is very bad news for the UK.

Have I missed something? What does George Floyd have to do with the violence in Belfast?

Were Catholics involved last night? If so, how do you know? @TooBigForMyBoots do you know if this is the case?

I really don't like bringing up someone's criminal record in these circumstances. Especially if it's a tit for tat "gotcha" against people who bring up George Floyd's. The victim isn't doing that, he is in a coma in hospital and has no control over what a bunch of people are saying online or the riots themselves. I also thought it was poor taste to bring up George Floyd's record as a gotcha while his family were grieving.
People are complicated and live complex lives with lots of shades of grey. By all accounts he was vulnerable and likely had a difficult life. Regardless, it's irrelevant in the same way that it was for Floyd because the punishment for crime isn't/shouldn't be death or a life changing attack. You don't need to be a "saint" for your life/violent end to that life to mean something.

You could always shout at a HMO, it's a popular way to spend time for some. Not necessary safe company to find yourself in, mind.

Apparently a call was made across the divide to unite on race. This was reported in the Guardian. I did not find that reassuring. No one should.

Just seen him on the news saying exactly that

Yeah, there's more to it. Another reason the rioters talking about "community" really grates. The victim had already been let down by that "community", and wasn't an innocent community service type either. That's of course not to say what happened is anything other than despicable. Weaponising it in the name of "community" is.

What did he say, exactly? Because I saw something earlier and it was very weasely in that he fell short of condemning the rioters. He condemned the violence of the attacker, but didn't specifically mention the rioters.

Well this was all to be expected. The immigration was out of control, and the government has failed to deport or detain illegal immigrants.
The British electorate were never consulted on the amount of immigration, and when questioned they were accused of being racist and being too thick to appreciate the cultural enrichment that the unlimited immigration brought.
Well the end result will be a Reform government. I think it’s inevitable unless Labour start mass deportations.

I most certainly do care that people feel unsafe. Fear makes some people dangerous. The fact is that a HMO full of men with very little to lose is suboptimal for them and likely their neighbours, but that's emphatically not because of their race.

There’s the slight embarrassment that the Sudanese man in Belfast who tried to blind and behead Stephen Ogilvy is reported to have been given leave to remain in the UK when the Home Secretary was Suella Braverman. She defected to Reform in January and Farage lauded her as a big hitter for his party.

I've heard some Catholics joined the protest at Ardoyne shops. But most left quickly.

SM posts called for demos in Catholic areas, but nearly all went unheeded. To the best of my knowledge, there were no protests on the Falls or in New Lodge where the assault happened.

How are things at the moment? I hope you are OK.

Muslims are locked in a mosque ‘for their safety’ amid Glasgow violence

Anti immigration protesters?

london to Dublin by air is just one route to travel though isn’t it? As I said airlines may insist you have one.

bur as an example we regularly travel by ferry without them and of course, can you freely travel from NI to the south without a passport.

He told Beth Rigby 'things will continue to kick off' and 'a few bad actors'

He also defended his earlier claim that leave to remain visas are handed out "like smarties"

Nothing online visible as far as I can see.

Please link to his clear condemnation, I’d like to watch it

These Are just his foot soldiers aren’t they, destroying communities in the name of racial purity

And he, and his supporters, are completely fine with that.

He is so vile.

Exactly.

Farage is hampered in his usual rhetoric by the fact that the attempted murderer (Sudanese national) Hadi Alodid was given leave to remain in the UK under the watch of Home Secretary Suella Braverman, currently of Reform UK.

Interesting that it happened in one of the least diverse areas of the UK.

My son is in university in Belfast and I have just had a call regarding this stuff off him. He’s not far from where it was happening last night. He’s had to go out to get food and the local shops are closed and shuttered, deliveroo is definitely not delivering. He reckons there’s going to be at least one more night of violence and it should settle a bit.

Saw something on threads where some bloke claims his Muslim neighbour asked if the kids could stay in his house as she was scared of them coming for her.

The poster who made the comment about colonisation...again was clearly referring to an imagined invasion of Ireland and ultimate 'replacement' of white, Christian (lol @ that) Irish with darker skinned non Christians.

It's straight out of the MAGA handbook.

I believe they have tightened up on arrangements for travel between Ireland and the UK because the Common Travel Area arrangements between the two countries are for Irish and UK citizens. As I understand it this means checking passports for all travellers in order to know who is Irish or UK and who isn't. These regulations don't affect travel between Northern Ireland and GB as it is
of course within the UK.