Recent developments in Northern Ireland are the latest blow to the notion that peoples and communities nurture ‘ancient hatreds’, which periodically lead to conflict and war.Northern.
For the Scots their desire for independence is driven more by economic considerations than by religious or cultural one and these sentiments intensified after Brexit.
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Lanark Way on 7 April ,West Belfast. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP
Northern Ireland has endured more than a week of nightly riots on its streets. Violent protests by Unionist Protestants have brought back the images of sectarian violence of petrol bombs, bricks and other missiles. For the first time in six years, a water cannon has been deployed on the streets of Belfast, as 88 police officers have been injured; fortunately, there have been no deaths.