PSNI officers look on after a Loyalist rioter threw a petrol bomb in the Tigers Bay Area of North Belfast LEADERS in Northern Ireland are fearful the chaos that has plagued the region in recent days will continue into the weekend. Loyalists have urged their communities to desist from protest activity as a mark of respect for the Duke of Edinburgh, who died yesterday. Despite this, small pockets of unrest continued in parts of the province last night. Police were attacked with missiles and a car was set on fire at Tiger Bay, a loyalist area in north Belfast with riot vans and police dogs in tow.
THE constitutional challenges thrown up by Brexit are wreaking havoc in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The UK/EU departure energised the demand for independence in Scotland and the Brexit Protocol has brought tension to a tragic level in Northern Ireland. While there is no quick fix there may be a long-term, win/win solution. By extending the NI Protocol to cover Scotland, the Irish Sea border would move to the Scottish/English border and Scotland, like Northern Ireland, would remain in the EU as part of the UK. This new Celtic Protocol could meet the needs of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the UK and the EU in one fell swoop and give both UK nations the best of all worlds.
Former Tory prime minister David Cameron (left) and Chancellore Rishi Sunak RISHI Sunak must stand before Parliament and explain what he meant when he told former prime minister David Cameron he had “pushed” government staff on his behalf, the SNP have said. The demand comes after the Chancellor revealed private text messages exchanged between himself and the former Tory leader. In a situation which the SNP say “utterly reeks”, Cameron was angling to get government-backed Covid loans for a firm in which he owned shares, despite the fact that that firm was ineligible. The financial firm Greensill, on whose behalf Cameron messaged the Chancellor, later went bust, leaving Cameron’s shares worthless.
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Official statistics show that the number of abortions has risen at a much higher rate among women with two children since the two-child policy was introduced
IF you had to choose which of your children you like the least, who would it be? Seriously though: imagine you’re short on cash and you have to stop feeding one of them – there’s got to be one you’re willing to watch wither away. Survival of the fittest and all that. Oh, you think all your children are worth keeping around? All of them deserve to be treated the same? If you say so. I mean, it sounds pretty reasonable, but according to the Tory Government, only the first two children in any family are worth supporting if their parents are low on income and need to claim benefits.