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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Political leaders condemn violent mob conducting race-based pogrom in Northern Ireland, targeting migrants and minorities with collective punishment after an attempted murder by a Sudanese refugee the previous night www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

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Houses, cars, and bus set on fire in Belfast night of disorder after knife attack - follow live

Northern Ireland's first minister says masked men were "burning families out of their homes". One pastor says black people were targeted, while an MP calls it a "race-based pogrom".

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holeinthewall.bsky.social @holeinthewall.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Or where they are being targeted - note the red white and blue kerbstones

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Late, but hopefully worth the wait: my quantitative analysis of the social attitudes behind these headlines. The large majority of Northern Irish people hold positive views on minorities and immigrants. But a small number, largely identifying as British, don't. believethedata.org/northern-iri...

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Negative attitudes to minorities and immigrants in Northern Ireland: a very British problem

Northern Ireland has seen an increase in the number of violent protests over the last few years, many of which have been organised online with explicitly anti-immigrant or racist motivation. Whilst th...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

X owner Elon Musk has reposted his Sept 2025 call that pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence (civil war) is necessary for 'self-defence "Elon Musk was always right "You either fight back, or you die."

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We have a pogrom in Northern Ireland year after year. Something is really disturbing over there and the government action is desperately weak. This is from last year 👇 bsky.app/profile/cati...

Catio Miles@catiomiles.bsky.social

2/2 “Thousands of minority ethnic residents, particularly Roma families, were displaced as a direct result.” caj.org.uk/publications...

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'Inciting a Pogrom?' Social Media and the Racist Disorder in Ballymena and beyond during summer 2025 - Committee on the Administration of Justice

This report, published by the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) in partnership with Rabble Cooperative, examines the racist violence that erupted in Ballymena in June 2025 and quickly s...

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MarkRoweLondon @markrowelondon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

BBC won’t call it a pogrom. They’re still talking about ‘people’ burned out of their homes, when so often they are eager to characterise the race of protagonists.

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Nick Croom @nickcroom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

But the headline and summary on the BBC page seems to ignore the racist aspect of the riots. No mention of who is being targeted and why.

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llamaman @llamaman888.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Call it right...they are the #ReformRiots

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