A message on a wall in the Belvoir area of south Belfast spotted on Saturday morning has since been painted over
This morning.
The PSNI are treating graffiti on a Belfast wall about Tanaiste Leo Varadkar ‘not to cross the border’ as a hate crime.
Via The Irish News:
Northern ireland First Minister Arlene Foster tweeted: “Violence or the threat of violence has no place in democracy. I condemn those behind this.
“The NI Protocol needs replaced but violence or its threat will not achieve the change Northern Ireland needs.”
Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill said she was “shocked at the disgusting graffiti targeting Leo Varadkar which I condemn, as will the majority of people across the community.
“This is a hate crime motivated by prejudice,” she said.
“It’s also criminal damage and anyone with information should contact police who must investigate.”
Police treat threatening Leo Varadkar graffiti as hate crime (Irish News)
Earlier: Derek Mooney: May May Have Learned From Last Week’s Mistakes
Meanwhile…
Check the Gs and the curve on the top of the Es pic.twitter.com/c5vYlSB1vM
— Baron Pastor “Now’s not the time” Jimberoo 😷 (@PastorJimberoo1) January 30, 2021
Line doesn’t rhyme with hang so they’ve really just embarrassed themselves there.
Not even in the thickest norn iron accent.
They could have gone with “we guarantee that you’ll be fine”.
I’ll bet Nadine Coyle could give it a shot
She’s doing Celebrity Bake Off. Can’t wait to see how many times she’ll say Floyiar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZygIEzHqtjQ
It’s kind of satisfying to know that nobody is perfect, everyone has a few little imperfections :)
Except me of course.
@Broadbag: Would they get a D in Leaving Cert Literature?
Nice use of assonance, I thought.
Rhyming line with hang.
Mmmwwwoah *kisses fingers Italian style*
https://www.broadsheet.ie/2021/01/30/sundays-papers-69/#comment-2289379
i respectfully refer you to commenter Ben Madigan’s previous explanation
it’s only the queen’s english when it suits them, hi.
Ah yeah, I can see what they were aiming for.
Loyalists first venture into poetry
I wandered lonely as a clown
…it was translated from Ulster Scots…for example…everyone knows that ‘line’ is ‘shuck’…rhymes perfectly in the original…
Used to see FTP sprayed on walls in the 70s and 80s up there, luckily it just confuses people now thinking it means file transfer protocol
False fleg op !
Not a lot different from the stuff you see on various social media platforms from various bots here in the south.
Ah in fairness to poor Leo he has been fairly diplomatic about the whole border thing hasn’t he? I mean we could have pushed to close the whole island at any stage, following NZ’s covid response model, and instead we’ve gone the diplomatic route. He’s obviously pro 32 counties but he isn’t exactly sinn fein about it.
Yeah, that’s what he’s doing.
Is that you on the front page of The Examiner?
The sentiments expressed in the doggerel on the wall have not changed in 300 years. Tis tradition, innit?
That’s the easy observation, and one we all fall back on
But tis all getting very murky up there now tbh
There’s the usual falling out with us down hur’
but now they’re starting to eat their own there
The DUP is in serious crisis, and they’re not knowing to be the best mannered
Just saying, some crazy stuff ahead there
I reckon anyway
curious too that they targeted Varadkar and not the actual Taoiseach
almost like theyve a special dislike for the “indian”
I dunno, but if you look at the other two – the one on the block wall and at the bookies
they appeared ages ago, maybe even before the New Year
That block wall is also the location for some not very pleasant stuff about the Noah Donohue investigation, well responses to the public outcries and campaign for a fuller one, if you know what I mean
Which btw, in case ye missed it – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-55846586
anyway, somethings brewing with that crowd
and I don’t think it will be pretty
lets hope its bloodless anyway
And another one
Lads are hard at it https://twitter.com/BelTel/status/1356234673156976642?s=19
Update from the street artist poet Broadsheet
https://twitter.com/AllisonMorris1/status/1356267811337891842?s=19
Glad that’s cleared up