Protestant youth in Belfast started a violent riot out of a general feeling that their side has been screwed by the deal between the UK and the EU — together with the fear that they may cease to dominate Northern Ireland's politics.

Bogus Johnson promised to do two incompatible things: end free trade between the UK and the EU, and preserve free trade between Northern Ireland and both of those. That promise was a lie.

It seems that separating UK trade from the EU requires a customs barrier between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, or a customs barrier between Northern Ireland and Britain, and either one will cause violence.

The other option is to reestablish free trade between the UK and EU.

A black British academic talks about leaving academia to become a cop — because the police have made more of a commitment to combat racism than universities have hade.

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