There are plenty of Catholic unionists and a smaller number of Protestant republicans in Northern Ireland. I have no idea if people of other religions strongly favour the unionist or republican cause, although I have a suspicion that most are unionist as they are more likely to have ties to the mainland than the Irish Republic.

It is very difficult to live in Northern Ireland if you follow a religion other than Protestant or Catholic Christianity. I have met former residents of Northern Ireland who follow Pagan or Odinic religions who have moved to the mainland because of this.

As in “Are you a protestant muslim or a catholic muslim?”?

There aren’t many muslims in Northern Ireland. They were [still are, perhaps] having difficulty even getting a permanent mosque. The local council where they wanted to build a mosque was run by the D.U.P. and refused planning permission. In the course of a probably justified complaint about anti-muslim prejudice one of the mosque’s supporters bitterly said that all christians always stuck together, which suggested remarkable ignorance of local history.

We need to claim Islam from these urban savages lacking empathy and humanity.

There may also be parallels between the BNP and the defunct Liverpool Protestant Party which held grievances towards Catholics in the city, which actually started as grievances towards the Irish.

It is well known, in 2009, that ‘British’ does not merely apply to the ‘white English’, and considering the fact that many non-whites (and non-English) fought and died for Britian in two world wars it is rather temerarious for Risbrook to even insinuate that non-white Brits are in someway treacherous to their country. Furthermore, I am sure that it would not be far off if we were to mention a long list of white Brits who historically have also held “grievances towards Britain”. I would therefore advise Risbrook to conduct a comprehensive study of history and not to speak with neither fact nor evidences.

Britain is not infallible and there have been a whole host of instances in history which are far from praiseworthy to say the least (ranging from contorting religion to suit the desires of kings and queens; oppression of the Irish peoples; imperial and colonial rule and silence on the Palestinian issue). Mention of this does not equate with notions of a surreptitious plot to promote hatred of the British Isles, but rather as an honest indication that Britain’s role in world affairs, as embodied in its current role as US puppy and poodle, has caused ‘Brits’ of whatever origins a great deal of dismay.