Map of Northern Ireland, ~1950
Review of Rats, the story of a dog soldier, by Max Halstock. The story of a stray dog who walked into a British Army base in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, and attached himself to the army units there. #books #northernireland #dogs https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNR39U69G/
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Showing again that loyalist preference for #genocidal sectarian killings during #TheTroubles, in 1994 on #ThisDayInHistory the #UlsterVolunteerForce (#UVF) shot up a crowded pub with assault rifles in #Loughinisland, #NorthernIreland, killing six Catholics just watching football.
‘Mistreatment became normality,’ inquiry into Muckamore Abbey hospital abuse finds

Vulnerable adults suffered broken bones and severe neglect in Northern Irish hospital at centre of major police investigation

The Guardian
UK mosques advised to run lockdown drills amid fears of anti-Muslim attacks

Exclusive: Muslim Council of Britain national guidance also urges mosques to strengthen police ties and improve CCTV

The Guardian

The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/elon-musk-belfast-pogrom-lee-hurley

#FarRight #NorthernIreland #belfast #racism #pogrom

Elon Musk alone isn’t responsible for Belfast's racist pogrom

The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.

The Handbasket
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/lib-dems-to-urge-labour-to-drop-torpor-and-timidity-on-eu-and-rejoin-single-market. At last! The #LibDems have finally come off the fence, & are now calling for #Britain (NOT the #UK, as #NorthernIreland is already in it, de facto, if not de jure) to re-join the #SingleMarket. That makes 100% #economic #sense, but it entails restoring #free #movement, so the #Tories & #ReformUK will be vehemently opposed, but so, too, will #Labour, @ChrisMayLA6!
Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

Exclusive: Ed Davey to make call ahead of 10th anniversary of Brexit vote, in strengthening of party’s position on EU

The Guardian