Watch how prince philipâs death completely takes over the news cycle and sidelines the actual carnage happening in northern ireland
Last night saw rioting on both sides of the peace wall in belfast
19 police officers were injured
The PSNI then turned water canons on the rioters (despite the fact loyalists have been rioting for a week, only the nationalist rioters were subjected to this)
The people have no faith in the police or the politicians and there is no end in sight
You wonât hear about any of this though.
Just to add to this:
– multiple peace walls are being torn down
– violence is in Belfast and Derry
– dozens of petrol bombs are being thrown nightly as well as stones, fireworks, bricks etc.
– 19 police officers were injured last night alone – itâs been this number every night give or take for the last week and a half. (as of 10/04/2021)
– not only are children as young as 12 involved in the violence, but the violence is not just angry riots – paramilitary organisations (in particular the UVF) seem to be behind this, which is concerning if you know anything about the Troubles. If you donât, I suggest reading a tiny bit about it even on Wikipedia, because it will tell you how recent and fragile the peace is in NI.
– in the weeks before this, the address of Ireland (the republic)âs tĂĄnaiste (deputy PM) was being graffitied on walls by the UVF as an advertised target.
– reading about the Troubles is also necessary to understand why police only aiming water cannons at the nationalists is so bad. the police have a history of disproportionately attacking nationalist communities, and even committing massacres (Bloody Sunday). there is no trust of âpeacekeepersâ because historically they have not been neutral in NI, so the UK governmentâs handling (ignore it and just send the police in) is questionable to say the least.
basically this is really fucking serious because itâs only several decades out of a civil war in NI and it looks like the beginning of another one. this is the culmination of several years of unrest not being reported on. if you live in the UK please contact your representatives to ask them to demand parliament to address this beyond the current police situation rather than pretending NI doesnât exist which is what they normally do. if you live in Ireland or elsewhere there is less we can do, but please spread!!
I know everyoneâs making jokes about it but also as a british citizen it is just so Fucking weird to see how the country stops when a royal dies. this man was almost a hundred years old. the news story begins and ends at âvery elderly man dies after being ill for a long timeâ. and yet itâs EVERYWHERE. as if it was remotely unexpected. as if it actually affects the people in this country. every kind of broadcasting stops in its tracks and talks about this and only this, on and on, tributes, memorials, the same things again and again. when all thatâs happened is an old man has died. and people consider it disrespectful if youâre not interested in it – disrespectful, to not grieve for a complete stranger! to treat his death with the exact level of engagement you would any other person you didnât know!
it just kind of feels like a wake-up moment to how fucking backwards this country is. you realise that every single media outlet has been feeding you the idea that these people are more important and monumental than anyone else. you realise theyâve been pushing that on you for your whole life. in the year of 2021 we are still their subjects and we are still expected to care about the royals as though they have a single fucking thing to do with us
Jeremy Corbyn is the ex leader of the Labour Party, in case you thought he tweeted something rude about Prince Philip, he didnât. This was the tweet in question:
Its simply not about Prince Philip. And it was posted after the news had broken, and that is the reason for said backlash. It has been reported in multiple national news papers that Jeremy Corbyn tweeted about something else after the Prince was already dead.
We have now entered into our 8 day mourning period, and the government will soon offer guidance as to how public bodies should proceed. Yes you heard that correctly we all need governmental guidance for dealing with the death of a 99 year old most have never met. The standard rules involve local governments ceasing operation during this time.
It is absolutely everywhere, every single radio station, news report, newspaper, magazine, television show HAS to be talking about it 24/7 right now. Went to watch BBC iplayer last night and every recommendation is about Prince Philip.
I feel like a broken record but I really cannot stress this enough, he was 99. You donât even need to have any negative sentiments towards the royals to realise this is not actually a particularly dramatic or tragic occasion. And yet it brings the whole country to a ridiculous standstill.
I know everyone’s making jokes about it but also as a british citizen it is just so Fucking weird to see how the country stops when a royal dies. this man was almost a hundred years old. the news story begins and ends at ‘very elderly man dies after being ill for a long time’. and yet it’s EVERYWHERE. as if it was remotely unexpected. as if it actually affects the people in this country. every kind of broadcasting stops in its tracks and talks about this and only this, on and on, tributes, memorials, the same things again and again. when all that’s happened is an old man has died. and people consider it disrespectful if you’re not interested in it – disrespectful, to not grieve for a complete stranger! to treat his death with the exact level of engagement you would any other person you didn’t know!
it just kind of feels like a wake-up moment to how fucking backwards this country is. you realise that every single media outlet has been feeding you the idea that these people are more important and monumental than anyone else. you realise they’ve been pushing that on you for your whole life. in the year of 2021 we are still their subjects and we are still expected to care about the royals as though they have a single fucking thing to do with us
There are apparently now billboards up mourning him? Like wtaf why is money being spent on this?
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