One tiny observation on Northern Ireland, that does help you understand the differences, is that the souvenir model of a "Wee Police Van" you can buy at the airport or one of the many souvenir shops looks like this:
Tom Roberts
Today's newsletter, in which I try to set out that, yes, what's happening in Belfast is in part about a wind blowing across the United Kingdom, but it's also about a specific set of circumstances in Northern Ireland that make it easier for this to happen and make the ringleaders more sophisticated:
Violence erupts in a repeat of 2025 disorder, aided by tendency for many politicians to be equivocal on the crimes
