Comments on The Pensive Quill: Continuity RUC - Ten Years On

From Sean Matttthews: No James, the incidents you...

2012-01-06T09:33:24.389Z

From Sean Matttthews:

No James, the incidents you mention took place and is both unfortunate and tragic but the fact is the police murder of an unarmed black man was the match which lit the fire. The Guardian newspapers recent comprehensive study on 'reading the riots'(http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/reading-the-riots) is the only attempt to understand the causes and consequences of the riots rather than the simplistic 'hang them flog them type' nonsense from the right wing gutter press. Enough said.

cheers

Try telling the hundreds of people who lost their ...

2012-01-05T20:53:25.749Z

Try telling the hundreds of people who lost their homes/businesses/jobs, plus relatives of the three men murdered whilst protecting their businesses from looters, that the riots were all about 'militant opposition'.

Sean, as ever you provide clarity and food for t...

2012-01-05T17:55:37.355Z

Sean,

as ever you provide clarity and food for thought. Proof that some things change in order to remain the same

Sean wouldnt you think that an issue as contentiou...

2012-01-05T11:56:31.667Z

Sean wouldnt you think that an issue as contentious as policing,given the sectarian nature of it here over the years,that the brits would made a greater effort in making sure that Patten was fully implemented here and that policing could never be an armed section of one side of the community,because the sdlp have no clout and qsf have totally rolled over shouldnt allow the hardliners within unionism to dictate and call the shots re policing the fact that over 60% of the ruc remain in action tell me that this is the case. that qsf members on policing boards make the odd demand for more clarity and openness to no real effect shows how little other than a light glosswork over the same old system shows how badly the brits have got this issue wrong and imo we are no where near a new beginning more of same old same old..

Are the police in NI really any worse than in any ...

2012-01-05T11:45:39.226Z

Are the police in NI really any worse than in any other western democracy ? Republicans talk a lot but never offer a viable alternative.A united Ireland bullied by Tim Geithner and the Germans perhaps!!