Learning from Flag Riots: the C of I in inner city East Belfast
On 3 December 2012, Belfast City Council voted to fly the Union Flag on the City Hall only on designated days, which were to be no more than eighteen in the year, rather than all year round. There ensued two months of protests which led to trouble and rioting, putting Belfast again on the world stage in the media, and with resonances which felt like a return to the bad old days of the troubles.
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Harold Miller
Is the former bishop of The Diocese of Down and Dromore, now retired.