Loyalist protest turns violent as Belfast lowers Union Jack- VIDEO

The crosses wer installed by British triumphalism to show who is boss,therefore making it an object of ridicule. BTW Dafydd is not represented on the 'apron". TOrytory the alliance won their set with cross community support.The council made a democratic decision passed by the majority and the orange bully boys attack the offices and homes of alliance members. Of course burning homes and knocking on doors and murdering those inside is a well known orange 'modus operandi"

I despair for my own people sometimes,however a lot of these people live at the margins of society,with no hope,and a political process that has as yet given any material or social benefits,I have a feeling that this sort of behaviour will be replicated in other parts of Europe before very much longer,Not that that is an excuse.

ToryTory. Its in the best interests of both SF and the DUP to keep their voter base. Dictaterships will always play the sectarian card to secure it.

Hmmm! Carlisle Circus comes to City Hall! RedBranch! How's about 6 - 26 - or 32 days per year? (Or for a percentage of the year that their population is a percentage of the island). seanomelb! The "butcher's apron" is the Saint George's Cross of England only. Not the Jacques du Unione of England, Scotand and Ireland (subsequently NI). Leave poor ol' Jock, Paddy, Billy (or Dafyd) out of it. Curitiba! Another solution would be to offer any subsequently convicted disorderes a tour of duty with HM Forces in Afghanistan to prove their 'loyalty' with the Taliban, thereby sublimating their surplus testosterone.

>>>Excellent point. These thuggish supremacist somehow always manage to be self defeating despite having the overwhelming majority of resources and state actors on their side.<<< No it's a dumb point. There are no 'wavering supporters' - nationalists will either, as a general rule, vote SF or SDLP. That's a given. The real political controversy, insofar as parties are concerned, is the Alliance Party. The Alliance garners its support from protestant areas; it gained a shock win over the DUP in East Belfast at the last general election, ousting Peter Robinson - their majority is a slim one. I very much doubt they'll keep that seat given their perceived (unjustly in my view) betrayal of the protestant vote.

The first three replies encapsulate what I call 'Tory's Principle': give a pedestal to a moron, and he will preach.

"The fools out rioting have gone beyond the call of duty in making their beloved SF look good to wavering supporters." Excellent point. These thuggish supremacist somehow always manage to be self defeating despite having the overwhelming majority of resources and state actors on their side.

"Why would the devolved Parliament of NI, a constituent member of the United Kingdom, fly the flag of a foreign nation on a State building?" Because the UK is not a nation but a contrived and forced union based upon a type of proto-boshevism. The UK mainland should be broken up into at least 5 different countries (possibly 6 as Londonistan could be its own distinct nation at this point - lol).

torytory seems to forget that Texas is occoupied Mexico.I wonder who the dullard is now.

Mortimer74, are you special? Why would the devolved Parliament of NI, a constituent member of the United Kingdom, fly the flag of a foreign nation on a State building? Wise up and stop being dumb. Next I hear the Texas State Legislature will fly the Mexican flag so, you know, they show humility in the face of those Mexican migrants by honouring their [foreign] country. Some you people need actually think.

Give a dais to a moron and he will preach. Looking through these comments I see a hodgepodge of chimerical beliefs that are a testimony to forlorn hope than reality. For example, all you dullards who think Scotland will secede or NI will united with the ROI need a reality check. There is no evidence whatsoever that Scotland will secede - all the evidence suggests it will emphatically reject the motion. Further, to all you dullards who think they'll opt for 'devo max' - think again. The plebiscite is a simple 'in' or 'out' - that is all. There is no 'devo max' option. For all you dullards that think - and I quite from one especial person - that there's an 'inexorable march towards unification in Ireland' - think again. The last poll conducted put the figure at 7% for pro-secession. Not a particularly good augur. If anything, as 'time marches on' the prospect of NI joining the ROI becomes ever more remote.

Gearoid: I would only correct you one one point. The area did not include the biggest area to include the most Protestants/ Unionists, bu rather took areas that had the boundary commission been really implemented never should have been included. Those areas are Fermanagh, Tyrone, south Armagh, and, west Derry.

Curtis. Spot on. How many people of the Protestant faith killed or seriously maimed by plastic bullets or police batons. If there were that would be wrong too. The fools out rioting have gone beyond the call of duty in making their beloved SF look good to wavering supporters.

If this were an indigenous/Catholic protest, it would have been met with automotic weapons, indefinite imprisonment without trial, followed by torture, show trials, and "convictions."

Time to fold their flag and go home and live like good, non-colonizing neighbours!