Matt Bagott tacitly slams unionist politicians for their licensing and indulgence of lawlessness

Matt Bagott tacitly slams unionist politicians for their licensing and indulgence of lawlessness http://tmblr.co/ZTxVUt1K4JoTu

Also said: I think there are times when politicians need to be less risk averse and actually more equivocal that, irrespective of if we like it or not the law is the law.

Matt Bagott - In terms of ordinary crime Nothern Ireland is probably the safest place I have ever worked

Matt Bagott said to the Belfast Telegraph: 

"In terms of ordinary crime, [Nothern Ireland] is not the most challenging. In fact, it is probably the safest place I have ever worked. Inner city crime in Peckham, where you have street gangs and hundreds of robberies every month, is much more challenging crime-wise."

In full here: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/matt-baggott-its-time-the-psni-stopped-dealing-with-past-30388114.html

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Newton Emerson - Sinn Fein oppose integrated education and mixed housing because it normalises Northern Ireland

Newton Emerson wrote in the Irish News:

"As with integrated education, Sinn Fein sees mixed housing as a plot to "normalise" Northern Ireland and therefor partition."

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John Tongue - Racist attacks damage loyalism

Jonathan Tongue, author of ‘The Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power’ said:

“They [loyalists] don’t see how much damage these attacks are doing to their own image, their own communities even if, to be completely fair, loyalist leaders on the ground see this… There is a bit of a Millwall mentality within working-class loyalist communities – the perception that ‘no one likes us, we don’t care’.”

And then:

“These people [loyalists] are used to having a united identity and they are not used to outsiders in their midst. Catholics were driven from their areas decades ago so they are stunned by this recent wave of immigrants coming into their communities.”

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/12/racism-northern-ireland-couple-tell-abuse-belfast)

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Kyle Paisley criticism of Peter Robinson

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Loyalist paramilitaries and racist attacks

Gerard Stewart, writing for the Institute for Race Relations said:

"There is a high correlation between racist attacks and areas which are a traditional heartland for affiliation to prominent Loyalist paramilitary groups."

www.irr.org.uk

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