Belfast riots - Orange Order leaders reveal true colours

NOT only have loyalist politicians and the Orange Order grave questions to answer, they must accept responsibility for the explosion of mob violence and mayhem unleashed on the streets of Belfast over the weekend.

Belfast riots - Orange Order leaders reveal true colours

It was some of the worst rioting seen in Northern Ireland for years.

This orgy of violence can be attributed to the growing level of disaffection and disillusion among loyalists in inner city working-class communities starved of funding and where social problems and educational neglect are endemic.

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