Loyalist demonstrators burn two Irish tricolours at Belfast flag protest

What will they do if their mainlanders no longer want union with them? What will they do if HM EIIR doesn't want their peculiar brand of loyalty? Some loyalists draped themselves in pound shop/dime store union jacks (ie screen printed on one side only, the other plain white cotton). Does this mean they are ambivalent about their loyalty or just on a budget economy? Were the tr[y]colours they burnt also one sided, in which case less offence can be taken. If they are proud of their 'Britishness', (whatever that means these days?), why wear hoodies and Ranger scarfs over their faces? If as their homemade placards proclaimed: "Ulster [sic] is British!", why not picket Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan town councils for NOT flying the union jack? A spontaneous protestor addressing the crowd claimed: "Ulster (sic) is now, always has been, and always will be Br[a]tish - No surrender!" (Sat RTE 6/1 News), how could it have always been British before the concept of Britishness was conjured up in 1707. How will it always be British if shifting demographics (even in a gerrymandered statelet) vote otherwise? Are middle class pro-union British nationalists and working class loyalist not democrats? NB This public disorder is reputed to be a down range ripple of an electoral turf war between DUP and Alliance parties for seats in the NI Assembly/Executive - with PUP/UVF and UPRG/UDA the meat in the constitutional sandwitch. (PS For a hoot and a half, YouTube 'The Shining/Belfast').

The dominance of orange supremacy as represented by loyalist thuggery are at an end in reality and we are currently seeing the last kick of the loyalist donkey.

Their could be lots of reasons for Burning one of those Things ( The Tri Color, verses the Starry Plough, or the Hammer and Sickle, for example. ) these Days; A Little Nationalist “Fervor” over the New Royal, among them ~

Let It All Hang Out !

Yes, the North, meaning Ulster, has always been majority indigenous Irish my little brit trolless.

- and they want to say the North is Irish HA is Irish! HA!

sorry, should read "if the indigenous community burnt the butcher's apron in such a fashion, there would be numerous homicides and pogroms aided and abetted by the PSNI/RUC.

Yes, not very bright are they - centuries of being handed everything just because they are Protestant has taken its toll on their collective intelligence - as demonstrated by their academic underperformance. The bottom line is at this point they are simply a community of violent supremacist thugs (including their PSNI/RUC cohorts). If the indigenous community burn the butcher's apron in such a fashion, their would be numerous homicides and pogroms aided and abetted by the PSNI/RUC).

Burning other flags to get respect for ‘their’ flag. You couldn’t make it up! Sounds like something from Catch 22.