Now that the annual hatefest is over, lets have a quick recap on the absurdity of the event. Election posters, flags, sectarian slogans and effigies on bonfires. Firefighters hosing down buildings. Streets littered with rubbish.
You're living on the Shankill Rd. You're struggling with the cost of living, you can't get a GP appt. & are on a 5 year hospital waiting list. Your child's after schools club has been ended due to funding. There is no government to help you.
What are
@duponline
prioritising 👇
Man who confused a San Francisco t-shirt for a Sinn Féin t-shirt and proceeded to lecture the wearer on how bad Sinn Féin and the troubles were, claims to have helped end the troubles?
F**k off Hewson, you insufferable prick!
Thoughts and prayers with the guy on
#bbcqt
who thought he would make cheap, pathetic points at
@johnfinucane
only to be absolutely roasted with a calm, calculated & factual response.
Just finished
#houseofpaisley
Ian Paisley was a hate preacher who exploited working class Loyalists through scaremongering and bigoted propaganda. He was, indirectly, responsible for violence and, without doubt, the murders of innocent people. 1/2
If your "culture" entails the erection of steel barricades to shield your hatred and sectarianism from your neighbours then don't be wondering why your neighbours are opposed to it.
Sinn Féin's FST candidate,
@patcullen9
, is receiving the same treatment from the media and political Unionism that
@johnfinucane
faced when he first ran in NB. The disgraceful campaign against John Finucane failed & the one against Pat Cullen will fail too.
A rare photo of Bobby Sands out socialising in 1976. Bobby was in prison from 1972 until 1976 and again from late 1976 until his death in 1981. After Bobby's 17th birthday, he never saw Christmas outside prison.
@NGABelfast
@PolDeBuitleir
@thefelonsclub
@An_Phoblacht
@ArleneFosterUK
Becsuse it's an outdated load of crap, that's why. Not everyone swoons over the queen like you. Sturgeon was respectful and that's the main thing.
Also, it's none of your business 👍
What about the majority of those in the North who voted Remain that your party have helped to exclude?
Stop trying to play the victims, own your error of judgements and get your MLAs back to work! Your only concern is working with a Sinn Féin FM!
"Finish the job?" Your 7 tests aren't worth a wank now. Your 8 person delegation, put together to "allegedly" discuss the Windsor Framework, have went AWOL.
You haven't a clue how to get out of the corner you painted your party into and people are suffering while you stall.
I'd say 99% of these thugs are no older than 18, meaning they have no personal experience of the troubles. They're either out there thinking it's all a bit of craic or they have been brainwashed into thinking they are doing it for a cause. It is neither. Wise the f**k up!
#GFA25
Jim Shannon is entitled to cry in the house of commons when referring to his friends & family in response to the government's bill of shame. However, the same Jim Shannon personally intervened to try and halt the inquest into the murder of a Catholic man. He is a hypocrite!
Here,
@StaceyGraham90
a guy you follow, below, posted this vile tweet, but you are awfully quiet about it. I thought you of all people, being against abuse towards women, would have strongly condemned this?
Here,
@ArleneFosterUK
anything to say about your pal?
Further observation on
#houseofpaisley
Jim Allister advised Paisley against becoming FM because he "would have to share equal power with a Republican dFM." The FP Church ousted Paisley for the very same reason.
Equality was their issue then, equality is their issue today.
The RUC were legal, but so were the UDA up until 1991. Both organisations, sometimes in tandem, murdered innocent Catholics. Jim Shannon was a (disgraced) member of the UDR, a "state force" who armed and colluded with Loyalist terrorists.
Get off your high horse!
The RUC upheld law & order, protected & saved lives with the consent & authority that a legal police force holds in a democracy. The IRA existed illegally & purely to maim, murder & destroy lives. No desperate republican narrative, out of any republican mouth, will change that.
@ArleneFosterUK
@rtenews
Choosing to be offended, again. From a woman who labelled an entire community as "crocodiles" for having the audacity to protect and promote their native language
This is utter nonsense.
How is the Irish language being "imposed" on you? Are you being forced to read it, learn it or speak it? No!
Nearly every product in your home will have multi-languages on it. Are they being imposed on you?
Tool.
Will we be hearing condemnation from within Unionism, particularly from the normally very vocal
@little_pengelly
&
@carlalockhart
in relation to the recent attacks by Loyalists on Alliance and People Before Profit members?
The silence is deafening.
@bbctheview
@carlalockhart
@MarkCarruthers7
No it isn't. It has been the same day for the past 25 years, peaceful. Lets not forget, the OO protests at Drumcree culminated in a spate of Loyalist sectarian murders, most notably 3 young brothers. There will be no going back. This is totally disingenuous from the OO & DUP.
@mooreholmes24
@J_Donaldson_MP
@JimAllister
@CatharineHoey
@benhabib6
Anti-protocol rally involving:-
1. Jeffrey Donaldson - Leader of the party who helped deliver the Protocol
2. Kate Hoey - Who voted FOR the Withdrawl Agreement that included the Protocol
3. Ben Habib - Who voted FOR the Withdrawl Agreement that included the Protocol
🙄🤦♂️
It's depressing, yet sadly unsurprising, to see such a negative attitude from parts of Unionism to the US President's visit to Ireland. This uncompromising and negative attitude is, unfortunately, something we have become used to from Unionism. Shame, really.
@BelTel
Lockhart calls this a "blatant sectarian attack" but she will miraculously become blind and mute on 11th July when the very same bonfire will burn tricolours, Nationalist election posters and have "blatant sectarian" and racist slogans written on it.
We know what Carla is about!
Here
@sbunting_
@duponline
can we have your condemnation now of the Orange Order's tribute to Michael Stone, or are you content when it is "stakeholders" being commemorated?
@BenLowry2
will you do a wee story on this? 👇
@Baldy_Baldy_
@Peston
And a political party within that territory (who helped the Tories deliver a hard Brexit that required a Protocol) are willing them on, despite the obvious benefits the Protocol brings to that territory.
You couldn't make it up!
Mayo may be unable to get Sam, but tonight they have got Joe. What a great send off for the President. Leaving his home away from home tonight. 🇮🇪🇺🇲
@POTUS
#BidenVisit
Here
@JimAllister
can you explain why you won't sign a letter with Michelle O'Neill's name but you will when double murderer Billy Hutchinson's is?
#bigot
#hypocrite
The wee man with a list of schools in East Belfast that have been closed down. How many protests, community meetings, letters of concern etc. did he organise/attend/write about these schools? Go on, have a guess.
But as soon as Irish language is involved, he cannot wait to row in
William Crawley absolutely tearing
@CllrPup
apart on
@BBCTalkback
Hutchinson literally has no idea what he is talking about. He is clutching at straws and when hit with the facts he offered nothing.
That was embarrassing.
The Orange state is dead
@GRobinsonDUP
and no longer can Unionism dictate to Nationalists/Republicans from their high horses.
Maybe have a word with some of your colleagues in relation to "tarnishing the memory of victims."
#Hypocrite
It was nice meeting these lads, once more,they love hurling and much as some don't go to school,they are hopeful that they can make it through sports. They have hope. Today our training was interrupted by rain but still we learnt something new. Sport is very powerful.
I don't like Phillip Schofield, and never have. What he did was wrong, unprofessional, selfish etc. but, as far as I'm aware, not illegal.
However, to see the hounding of this man by ex-colleagues and opportunists is abhorrent and nothing short of bullying.
Speaking of "proscribed organisations," Emma's party still run policies past and takes steers from STILL ACTIVE Loyalist terrorists. Emma also praises her father 🤷♂️
Get in the bin. Hypocrite.
The absolute brass neck of
@GRobinsonDUP
to preach to John Finucane, a man who witnessed his father being murdered by Loyalist death squads with the help of the British state, about reconcilliation.
This may come as a shock to some, but the IRA weren't the only armed group.
The cracks are starting to get bigger and bigger. The Donaghadee QC is about to get dropped like a sack of spuds, as was predicted by every single person, and he doesn't know how to handle it.
Be prepared for a lot of "subjugation, lundies, for the birds, trite etc"
@News_Letter
@J_Donaldson_MP
I have a message for Jeffrey, talking about a border poll or Scottish Independence is totally legitimate & democratic. You don't get to tell people what they can or can't talk about, especially if it involves improving people's lives
Unionisms controlling days are gone
A fair bit of "unfollowing" done today. Some people have nailed their colours to the wrong mast. If you notice I have unfollowed you then stop following me. 👌
What the hell has Arlene's experience as an 8 year old got to do with her taking offence at a flag? Talk about trying to find excuse to be offended!
Oh, and turn your replies on, you coward.
The arrogance of this comment. The erroneous and ill-thought assumption about what damages anyone, let alone a woman who as an 8 year old child held her father's bloodied head in her arms on the kitchen floor after the IRA attempted to murder him. Shameful.
@irish_news
Why don't the
@duponline
create an Ulster Scots corner if they are so passionate about it, instead of sniping at the successful and thriving Gaeltacht Quarter?
The culprits in this vile crime are a disgrace to our great country. I hope they are found, arrested and severely punished for their brutal actions. Absolute vermin!! 🤬🤬
To those who hounded and tied up a young migrant man in Dundalk, you are vile! He clearly has an intellectual disability. You Irish racists make me sick to my stomach!
@carlalockhart
Comparing the collapse of the Executive over a financial scandal to walking out over something your party helped deliver is just daft. Yes, SF opposed Brexit, but so did the majority of the North.
Your voters told you what they wanted sorted on the doorsteps and it WASN'T the NIP
So the Parades Commission have rejected the Orange Order's application for a return parade past Ardoyne shops. This was the only sensible outcome for this.
@ArleneFosterUK
I don't know why you are surprised or angered at this. Most DUP men share the same views on women as Jim and you were happy to either accept that/turn a blind eye to it whilst you were leader. No point snarling about it now.
@edwinpootsmla
Simple question for the DUP. Why did you push for a hard Brexit, rejecting all other potential deals and, thus, delivering the Protocol?
Gregory Campbell on
@ViewFrmStormont
basically, you are entitled to honour your dead, but do it away in some dark corner where we don't have to see or hear it. Meanwhile, we will commemorate the UDR, RUC, Paras etc. with pride.
I don't think so Gregory.
@hlinehan
An accurate representation of a majority who kept quiet & turned a blind eye when British state forces were murdering innocent Catholics both themselves and through their Loyalist death squad proxys, yet got on their high horses & became vocal when it suited them.
Get in the bin
@carlalockhart
A SHORT STORY
Promoted Brexit. Helped deliver Brexit. Helped deliver the type of Brexit that delivered the Protocol. Stated Protocol offered opportunities. Seen that poll figures took a hit. Now want protocol removed. Know fine well tjat won't happen. Misleading electorate.
Both Adams and McGuinness had courage and took risks in the name of peace and they will be remembered for that.
Your party will be remembered for, reluctantly, coming onboard when all the heavy lifting was done, and you will be remembered for............actually, forget that bit