Why no Brexit deal will be sustainable unless it passes Loyalism’s one key test

By Jamie Bryson on October 16, 2019

No Brexit deal can pass Parliament without the support of the DUP, whose votes are turbo charged due to their influence on the ERG. And the DUP know that a Brexit deal would be unsustainable in the absence of loyalist support.

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The red line that has always been the one unifying core issue within loyalism, and across the wider unionist family, is- as you would expect- the union.
The Combined Loyalist Military Command statement in 1994 was predicated upon one core premise- the union is safe. And those loyalists who supported the Belfast Agreement (I am personally anti-agreement) did so on the basis that it was a settlement. Therefore, all those perceived certainties are unsettled by the potential that Northern Ireland could be annexed off from the rest of the United Kingdom and subsumed into an economic United Ireland.
Post-98 the grassroots unionist/loyalist community became de-politicised because the agreement was sold as a settlement, therefore the core constitutional issue- so far as unionism/loyalism were led to believed- was settled.

Meanwhile nationalism became energised and politicised because the agreement was sold as the start of a process that would allow them to drive towards achieving their one core objective, Irish Unity.
The explosion of the constitutional issue has come at a time when the loyalist community is de-politicised primarily for aforementioned reasons whilst the nationalist community is politicised. This naturally leads to loyalists feeling excluded and dehumanised.

Let us remember that if not for loyalists, there never would have been a Belfast Agreement. I personally wish loyalists had opposed the agreement, but that is largely irrelevant. The point is that loyalism was good enough to be used when it suited, but now the same cheerleaders for the agreement demand that loyalism is excluded and criminalised. Ironically some of these demands for the DUP to ignore loyalists come from Sinn Fein; the same party who are the political wing of the IRA.

It is in this context that pan-nationalism- including the Irish Government- almost without challenge has been allowed to use republican threats to peace as a means of extracting political concessions. Loyalism meanwhile held the line and consistently reaffirmed a commitment to peace. However, there has been a growing restlessness within loyalism for quite some time, largely based upon a gnawing resentment over a one-sided process, a cultural war and a feeling of dehumanisation and exclusion. All of the anger and resentment of the past 20 years is starting to bubble and could easily explode into a perfect storm.

When some of the bubbling resentment came out in comments in the Sunday Times last week there was outraged expressed by the same nationalist politicians who have spent three years using the threat of republican violence to extract concessions on Brexit. It is astonishing that it appears the threat of republican violence to prevent a legitimate land border is fine, but it is an outrage if the threat of loyalist violence is used to try and prevent a sea border? What is the difference?

How about, as a starting point, we all agree that political leverage should never be gained via the threat of violence? That means that loyalism needs to hear from the Irish Government and wider nationalism that they agree that no political concessions should be granted on the basis of any republican threat to border infrastructure and such concerns should not, in any shape or form, factor in the discussions. Failing such a declaration then it is logical that some people may conclude that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. I do not advocate this line of thought, but it is hard to argue against as a logical position judging by the evidence currently before us.

The current proposals, which amount to NI having a hybrid EU-UK customs status at best, and an economic United Ireland at worst, will never be acceptable to the grassroots unionist and loyalist community. There are no technical solutions to square the circle, either we leave as one union, or we do not. And if we do not, then that inevitably leaves us staring into the abyss of another generation of instability within Northern Ireland.

Aside from any organic explosion of loyalist anger and protest, political unionism would be committed to consistently doing everything possible to undermine, frustrate and ultimately demolish the all-Ireland arrangements. The basis for devolved partnership government in Northern Ireland will be gone, and gone for a long time.

The DUP are confident they have the numbers to block any potential deal. Alongside their 10 MPs, the DUP believe they can, as a bare minimum, bring at least 25 members of the ERG along with them. In reality however that number may be much higher.

It is clear therefore that a deal, for all of the reasons outlined, will be neither deliverable or sustainable without unionist support. And the largest unionist party know any deal they did try to deliver would be unsustainable unless it had the support of the loyalist community.

That brings us back to the one key test; do the proposals put forward weaken the union? If the answer is yes, then the message is clear- Ulster says No!
https://unionistvoice.com/news/why-no-brexit-deal-will-be-sustainable-unless-it-passes-loyalisms-one-key-test/

The road rage row that turned a Rochdale street into a battleground as mob set upon teenage tree surgeon... he had his hand severed by axe

The victim, then aged just 18, was one of four workmates set upon on Church Road, Newbold, by a gang of up to 20 men

The victim, then aged just 18, was one of four workmates set upon on Church Road, Newbold, on the afternoon of October 17, 2017 by a gang of up to 20 men

A teenage tree surgeon had his hand chopped off with an axe in an 'appalling' attack carried out by an armed mob sparked by a road rage row in Rochdale, a court heard.
The victim, then aged just 18, was one of four workmates set upon on Church Road, Newbold, on the afternoon of October 17, 2017 by a gang of up to 20 men.
They had been summoned by Habibur Rahman, 27, who called the victims 'white b******s' who were in his 'country', Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
One of the mob, Mohammed Awais Sajid, known as 'Skinny', came armed with an axe.
Others were carrying knives, machetes, a clawhammer and a knuckleduster.
Sajid wielded the axe twice in quick succession, the court heard, first slashing the victim in the chest, shattering ribs and causing a collapsed lung.
Describing the second blow, Tim Storrie, prosecuting, said: "He followed up with a 360 degree spin of his arm, an act which was doubtless employed to enhance the speed and devastation of the attack.
"The blow itself was aimed at the victim’s head.

Habibur Rahman of Milnrow Road, Rochdale was sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit violent disorder, section 47 assault and occasioning actual bodily harm

"He was dimly aware at this stage of the weeping of blood down into his waistband.
"He was turning his body, attempting to leave the scene.
"Through good fortune, he said he realised the axe was above him aiming for his head.

Zillur Rahman of Milnrow Road, Rochdale was sentenced to 3 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit violent disorder

"He put his arm up to defend himself and the blade essentially severed his arm at the wrist."
The victim, whom the Manchester Evening News is choosing not to name, staggered away and was airlifted to hospital where he underwent life-saving emergency surgery.
His hand was partially reattached although the victim has required a further five surgeries in the two years since the attack.
He will only ever recover 60 per cent use of his arm and remains physically and mentally scarred by the events, the court heard.
Sajid, of Kings Road, Rochdale, was jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of section 18 wounding.
He was acquitted of attempted murder in an earlier trial.
There were shouts of 'f***ing injustice! and 'police set up' from a man in the public gallery as he was led down to the cells, while a woman fled the court in sobs of tears.
Rahman, the instigator of the shocking street violence of Milnrow Road, Rochdale, was also found guilty of an assault charge after the court heard he used a knuckleduster to punch one of the other tree surgeons in the face, breaking his nose.
He was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
His brother Zillur Rahman, 29, was jailed for three years for conspiracy to commit violent disorder after he admitted making phone calls to summon the gang.
Arsan Ali, 23, was among those he called and who attended the scene.
He was jailed for four years after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit violent disorder.

The air ambulance was called to the scene in Rochdale on October 17, 2017 (Image: John Nokes)

Judge John Potter said the horrific events began at around 4pm when Habibur Rahman manager of his family's restaurant the Baytree in Blackley, 'took offence' at the driving of an elderly woman on Church Road.
"You shouted abuse at her and two tree surgeons passing by intervened.
"A scuffle took place between Habibur Rahman and one of the tree surgeons."
Rahman then made it clear that he had been 'disrespected' on his 'territory' and decided to enact 'swift retribution', the judge said.
The tree surgeons were tracked to the property they were working on nearby and were quickly confronted by Rahman and a mob that rapidly grew in number.
"Habibur Rahman's first action was to prevent the men from leaving," said prosecutor Mr Storrie.
"As the workforce attempted to pack up their tools to leave the scene, he drove his car, a Vauxhall Zafira across the entry.
"The workmen found they were trapped and could not leave.
"The street where they had been working had become a battleground.

The victim's injury

"And Habibur Rahman and his crew of supporters were beyond any kind of rational discussion."
Speaking from his car, Rahman made chilling threats, saying: “I am not going to let them leave.
"They’re going to get what they deserve. They’re going to get stabbed."
In interview, Rahman claimed he was subjected to racist threats from the four tree surgeons.
But sentencing, Judge Potter said this was a 'pack of lies'.
He said: "The fact that a mob could be mobilised so quickly and so heavily-armed is clear evidence in my judgement that you are each associated with gang activity."
Judge Potter described the violence as Rahman's gang as 'asserting control' over the neighbourhood of Newbold.
Sajid arrived at the scene just as the violence began.
Mr Storrie said he launched a 'devastating attack' on the youngest of the tree surgeon crew that was 'to shape irreversibly the events of the afternoon.'
"Sajid arrived by car, halting to get out and stride towards the confrontation; he had secreted his weapon down the waistband of his trousers; he removed it and, without the slightest hesitation or inquiry, in his first blow, he struck out at the chest wall of [the victim]," said Mr Storrie.
He followed up with the '360 degree swing' which virtually severed the victim's hand off.
Judge Potter said the young man had been acting as 'peacemaker' and was 'completely defenceless' when he was subjected to the 'savage and brutal act'.

"You committed an appalling act of violence," Judge Potter told Sajid, " and took concerted efforts to conceal what you had done."
The court heard the terrifying attack only came to an end when one of the tree surgeons picked up a chainsaw and revved it in an effort to scare them away.
Another victim fled to a nearby care home and managed to call emergency services.
Police in Rochdale launched a major investigation into the disorder under the codename Operation Beehive.
Habibur Rahman and Sajid were among twelve arrested in dawn raids in January last year. Nine others were later released without charge.
Judge Potter said none of the group had showed 'a shred of remorse' throughout proceedings, refusing to give evidence during two trials.
He said the events of October 17, 2017, have had a 'profound effect' on the four tree surgeons, adding: "Each struggles with the memory of the scenes of violence they were subjected to."
Police have not release a picture of  Mohammed Awais Sajid.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/road-rage-row-turned-rochdale-17107382

Jazz history includes numerous contributions from Jewish artists, from Benny Goodman to John Zorn, who have played a major role in the development of the music from its birth in New Orleans to the present day. However, there has been little examination of why so many Jewish musicians gravitated to jazz or how they used the music to explore Jewish identity and experience.
Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity , a new book by Charles Hersch, chair of the Department of Political Science at Cleveland State University, seeks to answer these question and shed light on how jazz music reflected and influenced “Jewishness” in 20 th  Century America.
“I have long had an interest in music and politics as well as a love for jazz music and was struck by the fact that there had been little analysis of why so many Jewish musicians chose to focus on jazz,” Hersch says. “Through this book I hope to provide a better understanding of how Jewish musicians expressed their identities through the music and how that expression transformed as Jewish identity changed through the years.”
Hersch argues that in the 1920s and 1930s, when Jews were seen as foreigners, Jewish jazz musicians fought for a more inclusive America, for themselves and for African Americans. They did this both by creating music that would represent ethnic diversity and by forming interracial bands. As Jews became more accepted in society, during the 1940s, musicians wary of assimilation gravitated to jazz’s outsider status, using the music to identify with African Americans and “re-minoritize.” Finally, beginning in the 1960s and continuing today, some Jewish musicians have combined jazz and Jewish music into a hybrid form that explores and advances their identities as Jews in a multicultural society.
“Jazz music has provided an avenue for an ongoing conversation about race and ethnicity that Jewish musicians have contributed to and gained inspiration from,” Hersch adds. “By better understanding how Jews have used jazz we can gain more knowledge about the evolution of the Jewish experience in America and the ways music can serve as a vehicle for ethnic dialogue.”

About the Author(s)/Editor(s)/Translator(s): 

Charles Hersch is Professor of Political Science at Cleveland State University. He is also the author of Democratic Artworks: Politics and the Arts from Trilling to Dylan and Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans.
 http://readingreligion.org/books/jews-and-jazz

NWN: 'They' openly brag about their actions above. NWN were tempted to do some research after the recent death of lunatic drummer - Ginger Baker. Baker's life existed in a closed group of fellow degenerates   who were either degenerate jazz fans, fellow heroin users and or jewish. Baker was also a lover of Africa and their women apparently.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1284129/Witch-doctors-poison-plots-young-internet-bride--downfall-Britains-greatest-drummer.html 

Mass media still have 'blackout' on Armed Forces veterans protests - veterans protesting against prosecutions of elderly Northern Ireland veterans

 

BREAKING NEWS.................

OPERATION ZULU has succeeded in blocking Central London in support of SOLDIER F & DENNIS HUTCHINGS  - STOP THE PROSECUTIONS OF NORTHERN IRELAND VETERANS.

Demonstration going on now 14.08 pm Saturday 28th September 2019. 

Need we say more ?

It appears this pic is a 'fake' . But being as this Thunberg girl is being controlled by left wing influences, we have seen the young girl wearing an ANTIFA - shirt. But it would come as no surprise that somewhere along the line, the Soros money will probably be in there somewhere ? 

The Thunberg family.

OPERATION ZULU - ROLLING THUNDER - 28th September 2019 - LONDON

Get there - 'footsoldiers' and members of the public specially welcome too.

Earlier this year, over 22,000 + veteran bikers blocked Central London . But the 'mainstream media' especially the BBC, refused to mention us supporting our Northern Ireland veterans. The BBC are only interested if they can show our Armed Forces in a bad light. (Check out 'Rolling Thunder' videos on YOUTUBE ).

Dennis Hutchings is in Court at Plymouth next week - get there and support our veterans !

 "On Thursday September 26th 2019 ‘’, Dennis Hutchings has been summoned to appear at Plymouth Crown Court at 10.00am to be officially charged".

RNLI loses donors because money is saving lives abroad

Some of the donations are used on projects in Bangladesh and Africa

A number of people have stopped donating to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution because some of the money they give is being used to save lives abroad.
The RNLI operates lifeboat stations around the UK coastline and lifeguard stations on our beaches - funded by charitable donations.
But after finding that some of the cash they give is spent abroad, a number of people have stopped their giving.
Among the projects the RNLI helps fund abroad are one helping women swim safely in Zanzibar and lifeguards in Bangladesh where 40 children a day die from drowning.
But a number of people have been unhappy with those choices.

  Peter Rose tweeted: "It's an absolute disgrace. I will never donate another penny to you."
Monty Pythonss Brexit Shambles tweeted: "Unfortunately, the RNLI have made a grave error.

"Their own stupidity will undoubtably be their undoing and cause loss of life when rescues can’t be made?"

RNLI lifeguard putting out red and yellow flags (Image: Nigel Millard)

C Cawley tweeted: "As I drown, I shall be comforted money that could have saved my live went to a more deserving cause- supplying burkinis to Africa. Aren't we lucky to have such ideologically correct people in control?

"I know Twitter sarcasm doesn't always work, but it's worth a try."
In a robust response to the criticism the charity said it spent just 2% of its annual expenditure abroad, all of which was detailed in its annual reports, according to The Mirror.

Conwy lifeboat crew in action 

A spokesperson for the RNLI said in a lengthy statement: "We don’t operate RNLI lifeboat or lifeguard services overseas – instead, we support the work of partners to build local capability.
"Our international drowning prevention work currently includes educating children in water safety and survival swimming; training personnel in lifeguarding, search and rescue and lifesaving leadership skills, and international advocacy to champion the drowning prevention cause at a global level.

  "Our aim is to increase the number of people who can make a difference to the safety of others in their communities, and share their skills so the lifesaving legacy continues, as well as to call for greater awareness, resources and action at a global level."
Many have welcomed the RNLI's work abroad - pointing out it has been happening for years and is in live with their mission of saving lives at sea.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/rnli-loses-donors-because-money-16923917

Racists have stopped donating to RNLI because some money is used abroad author imageEmma BrazellMonday 16 Sep 2019 2:05 pm Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger 55Shares Handout issued by RNLI of the Michael O?Brien, a new lifeboat that joins Clogherhead RNLI to serve Ireland?s east coast. The RNLI came under fire online after £3.3 million of donations was spent on foreign projects (Picture: PA Wire/PA Images) The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has been forced to defend itself after people stopped donating to the charity because they spent less than two per cent of money saving lives abroad. People said they were outraged after it was reported that the organisation had spent £3.3 million on foreign projects, including creches in Bangladesh aimed at helping reduce the risk of vulnerable children drowning and full length swimsuits for devout Muslim women in Tanzania. Angry that some of their money was being spent on saving non-British lives, thousands of people took to Twitter to name the RNLI a ‘disgrace’ and claim their time supporting the charity was over. The news of overseas spending came after the RNLI announced 135 staff members were being made redundant. But the charity – which has saved over 142,700 lives since being founded in 1824 – responded to the backlash in a statement saying the UK remained its priority. A spokesperson said the RNLI is proud to use its ‘expertise, knowledge and influence to help others save lives across the world’ and just a fraction of its budget is spent doing so. They added that all annual expenditure was detailed in public reports and explained that all areas of work – including the international budget – were ‘being looked at and we are reducing costs wherever we can’. Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Taylor/REX (10366804b) The RNLI's 'Hurley Burly' on the River Thames RNLI Hurley Burly, London, UK - 19 Aug 2019 The RNLI’s ‘Hurley Burly’ on the River Thames in London (Picture: David Taylor/REX) The statement read: ‘The RNLI has always been dedicated to drowning reduction. The World Health Organization estimates that 320,000 people drown each year worldwide and we believe that with others, we should use our lifesaving expertise to try and help tackle this. ‘Our work so far has shown that simple, inexpensive solutions are very effective; a relatively low investment in overseas projects goes a long way and makes a big difference. ‘We currently spend less than 2% of the RNLI’s total annual expenditure on our international drowning prevention activity and we actively seek donations specifically for this work, including the Isle of Man’s International Development Fund and Department for International Development in the UK, both of which have made substantial donations to our international work this year. ‘Providing the very best search and rescue service in the UK and Ireland remains our priority but we are also proud to use our expertise, knowledge and influence to help others save lives across the world, particularly in countries where drowning rates are high. ‘Since 2012 there has been a steady increase in international expenditure that reflects the increase in the number of projects the team are involved in. ‘However, all areas of RNLI work – including our international budget – are being looked at and we are reducing costs wherever we can as part of an organisational wide programme of activity to get us back to living within our means.’ They added: ‘We greatly value our supporters and have not misled them. The RNLI’s international work has been reported in detail in our annual reports going back several years and information is also available from the RNLI website and regularly reported elsewhere. ‘The financial commitment to our international work is reported separately and there has been no sleight of hand.’ The explanation still wasn’t not enough to soothe some social media users’ concerns. Janice Atkinson wrote: ‘It’s unacceptable. We do not donate for this. You’re not an overseas organisation. You’re British, Royal and National, it’s in your title. ‘Proud to sponsor the medieval, male, patriarchal garb of the hijab and burkini? Women are dying when they take off their hijabs in Iran.’ Roger Stokes also named the international work ‘indefensible’ while Peter Rose said: ‘It’s an absolute disgrace. I will never donate another penny to you.’ Others said they would continue to support the RNLI’s work, arguing ‘every life matters’. Duncan Hill tweeted: ‘My Mum spent many years fundraising for the RNLI. I know she would have thought your international work brilliant. Keep it up.’ Ed Wilson added: ‘The British people like to think of themselves as charitable. This is a project to make the world a better place. With you all the way.’

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Priti Patel calls for Manchester Arena bombing coroner to keep intelligence material secret from public - as families say they fear a cover-up

• Inquests in bombing victims' death are scheduled to begin on 2 April next year
• Ahead of hearings, the government have applied to keep some evidence secret
• Victims' families say the move could allow authorities to swerve scrutiny

Intelligence material relating to the Manchester Arena bombing could be kept secret at victims' inquests if the government gets its way.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has applied to have some material kept back from the public and victims' families, meaning some evidence could be considered behind closed doors.

The move has led to fears that authorities could avoid proper scrutiny over the investigation into terrorist Salman Abedi before he killed 22 in May 2017.

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Some of the evidence in the inquests into the victims of the Manchester bombings could be kept secret if the government gets its way

John Cooper, a lawyer representing the families of 11 of the 22 victims, said the secrecy application had come from 'the very people who could potentially be severely criticised'.

Mr Cooper told a hearing that both the security service and police were open to 'severe analysis with potentially severe and critical consequences.'

He said the applications were 'very important' for the families and 'go to the root of understanding what happened to their loved ones as well as a wider public understanding.'

Pete Weatherby QC, representing two further families, said the families had not been given access to the 'closed schedule' and added: 'We don't even know the categories or the extent – whether it is 10 documents or 10,000.

'There is a fear from the families that the PII applications are being cast too wide and that the amount of material to be considered in open hearings will be a very small amount in regard to the central issues.'

The application to make some of the evidence secret, using so-called Public Interest Immunity (PII) Certificates, was made to coroner, Sir John Saunders, today.

Salman Abedi killed 22 people, including young children, when he blew himself up at the end of an Ariana Grande concert

In a 'unique' move, Ms Patel has indicated that she will allow the coroner to convert the inquest hearing into a public inquiry so that he can consider sensitive material behind closed doors.

It would be the first investigation into a terrorist attack since 9/11 to take place in part behind closed doors.

Sir James Eady, representing the secretary of state, told the hearing the material they sought to exclude was 'of undoubted significance to the issues you will have to consider and we accept that.'

But he said that case law 'makes clear that the national security considerations hold the whip hand.'

He said coroner Sir John Saunders, a former High Court Judge, had to show a 'very, very broad margin of respect' for the opinion of the Home Secretary.

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Home Secretary Priti Patel has made an application to keep some evidence secret to the judge acting as coroner in the inquests

Alan Payne QC for Greater Manchester Police, said that 'very significant weight' had been attached to the public interest in the relevant material being disclosed in order to allow a 'full and through investigation.'

He said officers with 'particular expertise in counter-terrorism work' had 'given the most careful consideration to the extent to which material the subject of the PII claims could be made public.'

But he added: 'The conclusions which they have reached are emphatic that the information simply cannot be disclosed without jeopardising security.

Mr Cooper, for some of the victim's families, countered by saying: 'Where there is an event such as the outrageous bombing at Manchester Arena, the stakes are at their highest.

'When you consider arguments before you in closed session you should bear in mind the very people seeking to restrict this material being put in the public domain and the domain of the bereaved families are the very people who could potentially be severely criticised, and the ramifications of that are significant.

'The application to restrict material from the public domain is emanating from the very group of people or organisations who are potentially in the firing line as far as these hearings are concerned.'

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Manchester residents grieve in the weeks after the horrific attack in May 2017

He said the certificates should only be granted if there was an 'absolutely exceptional reason' and should not be excluded because it caused 'humiliation' or was 'embarrassing'.

He said the approach of GMP was 'simply not good enough for those that we represent' adding: 'They are going to have to do far better than that to ensure open justice is being tendered in this case.'

The coroner said there was an 'argument for the families learning what has happened which will not happen with a public inquiry.'

But he added: 'If I am carrying out inquiries on the families' behalf they will have to take my word I'm afraid that it is being done thoroughly.'

Sir John Saunders will make his ruling at a later date.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7435773/Manchester-bombing-victims-families-fears-secret-inquest-evidence.html 

NWN:  What ....like the fact that the then Home Secretary Theresa May, allowed 'free movement' again by many 1,000's of Libyan Al Qaida terrorists living in the UK ?  For example; the 'Manchester Boys' ? These terrorists were used to destroy and indeed murder Colonel Gaddafi - Libya is still in a mess from that war.

Have a look at this video about the Manchester bombing....

" goingundergroundRT

Published on Jun 3, 2017

We speak to legendary filmmaker and journalist, John Pilger about MI6's connection to the Libya-Manchester atrocity ahead of tomorrow's Arianna Grande's benefit gig for those affected by the Manchester attack."

EVER BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE, WHITE MAN

EVER BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE, WHITE MAN

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Mike Walsh 2 comments

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The phenomenon of Eritreans from the Horn of Africa celebrating the regime they have fled from is now familiar in European countries, experts say. Dozens of Norwegian Eritreans have attended a party arranged by the Eritrean regime and celebrated the 25th anniversary of compulsory military service, which is the main reason why many Eritreans were granted asylum in the first place.

The party celebrated the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Eritrean national service and the establishment of the SAWA Training Defence Centre, national broadcaster NRK reported. It was held at Bryn Event Hall in Oslo and featured Yemane Gebreab, the Eritrean president’s closest adviser, referred to as number two in the East African country.

In photos and videos from the party, widely shared on social media, many of the participants are seen wearing military-like camouflage T-shirts and waving Eritrean flags. Many are seen taking selfies with Gebreab. The sheer popularity of the event raised eyebrows, as Eritrea’s mandatory military service is one of the most often cited reasons in asylum requests from Eritreans.

Woldab Feshatzion, the leader of Eritrean Community Association in Norway, called the attendees “cohorts of the regime”.

“Many of them have fled this regime. To me, it shows that they are not real asylum seekers, and have been allowed to stay on a false basis”, Feshatzion complained to national broadcaster NRK.

Kjetil Tronvoll, a professor of peace/conflict studies at Bjørknes University College and Director of Oslo Analytica, seen as one of Europe’s foremost experts on Eritrea, suggested that the party had gathered a “motley crew” of people, but confirmed that some of the attendees had fled from the Eritrean regime. According to him, the phenomenon of Eritreans celebrating the regime they have fled from is known in other European countries.

“Yes, it’s paradoxical. Some come along because they want a community. Some join because they feel social pressure to line up. And some people celebrate the regime, because they are regime supporters, even though they have been granted asylum on the grounds of fleeing the regime”, Tronvoll explained.

Eritrea’s national service is mandatory for all citizens, it lasts for 18 months and includes civilian tasks as well. For instance, servicemen are widely used as supplemental manpower in the country’s agricultural fields.

It is one of the most-often cited asylum reasons. According to Tronvoll, up to 25 percent of the population has left Eritrea, a nation of 5 million, since 2001. Norway has a substantial Eritrean diaspora of 22,000, most of whom arrived after 2001.

Michael Walsh Was aWarded Euro Weekly News ‘Writer of the Year 2011’. With 60 books bearing his name, thousands of news stories and columns, Michael is arguably Britain and Europe’s most prolific author of multi-topic books.

https://europeansworldwide.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/ever-been-taken-for-a-ride-white-man/