Removal of British Flag in Belfast

[Andii]

Tbh the flag should have been kept their whole argument was to bring community together and even I know that's not going to happen by removing the flag can't believe this was passed !!!!!! I'm so angry mainly because they wreaked the beer tent :/

unionists are having an uprise and blocking roads and stuff we are not happy being treated like crap on our own country we will stand or what we believe in


For Queen and for Country !!!!! Let the flag fly high in it's glory as we are British woooo woop I should get one of them megaphone things and stand shouting up

[David]

dont see them round here luckily

[Kardan]

btw, no i don't care about northern ireland being part of the republic, not everyone wants to so. it's only a flag at the end of the day, dunno why it's such a major concern. at the end of the day, no ones asking people to feel like they're irish. and no, not religion wise but nationalists and unionists wise. the sinn fein fairly won i'm sure. i'm not going to post anymore lol

It's only a flag, yes, but it's the fact that the flag can't be flown in its own country... It's a bit ridiculous...

[-:Undertaker:-]

btw, no i don't care about northern ireland being part of the republic, not everyone wants to so. it's only a flag at the end of the day, dunno why it's such a major concern. at the end of the day, no ones asking people to feel like they're irish. and no, not religion wise but nationalists and unionists wise. the sinn fein fairly won i'm sure. i'm not going to post anymore lol

And the majority of people, as shown by the poll above (75% odd), in Northern Ireland consider themselves to be British. Therefore, the Union flag flies over Belfast as that is what the large majority in Northern Ireland want. Just as the majority in the Republic consider themselves Irish - so the Irish tricolour flies over Dublin. Just as the majority in the Falkland Islands consider themselves British, hence the Union flag is flown over Stanley.

Simple really.

[Andii]

It's only a flag, yes, but it's the fact that the flag can't be flown in its own country... It's a bit ridiculous...

Isnt it I feel like protesting so badly !!!! I'm so angry at this next thing they will make it so we can't even have out own British passports !!!!!! Can't wait till I'm older and move out of this awful country !!! Sick of all this catholic Protestant crap

[Kardan]

Isnt it I feel like protesting so badly !!!! I'm so angry at this next thing they will make it so we can't even have out own British passports !!!!!! Can't wait till I'm older and move out of this awful country !!! Sick of all this catholic Protestant crap

I'd feel the same if I lived there, I'm under the impression that the religious differences between communities is many an older generation thing, and hopefully people our age don't have an issue with it.

[Andii]

I'd feel the same if I lived there, I'm under the impression that the religious differences between communities is many an older generation thing, and hopefully people our age don't have an issue with it.

Most people my age doesn't give a crap about it lol

it's people who are like 25+ that are doing all the trouble and crap which annoys me more grrrrr we want to grow up in a lovely place jst because they are trying to destroy it for us

[Andii]

15 police members have been injured think that's horrible tbh they have to do their jobs and all because some ***** want to remove a flag disgraceful grrrrr

but yay I got over 110 likes for one of y statuses I posted on a fb page within 5mins lol

[RyRy]

It's a symbolic gesture to do it, but in all honesty I don't give much of a crap if they fly a pirates flag above that place. As people say, it's our flag but it's not much more than a little jab at the UK (to which they're still part of anyway...)

[Andii]

It's a symbolic gesture to do it, but in all honesty I don't give much of a crap if they fly a pirates flag above that place. As people say, it's our flag but it's not much more than a little jab at the UK (to which they're still part of anyway...)

Its not just a flag it shows people that we are part of Britain and it also stands for our fallen soldiers that have died for the country and now we are only allowed it up for 5% of the year which is total bull instead of focusing on other things they decided this target the flag which has been up for decades which is a disgrace to remove it. It's as if they are looking to bring bak the troubles again which no one wants to happen. People are starting to turn it into a nationalists vs unionists thing which is proper mental -.-