Protesting
Originally uploaded by Slugger O’Toole.
Ulster’s great! This is wonderful photo gives you a feel for the place. It’s a picture of a Paisleyite demonstration at the first civil partnership ceremony in the north of Ireland outside Belfast city hall. It puts me in mind of a counter demonstration I took part in ages ago at Queen’s University. Paisley’s crew had organised a “Save Ulster From Sodomy” campaign and they were picketing a gay and lesbian conference. The counter picket consisted of a few members of Peoples Democracy and a couple of fellow travellers. These people believe this stuff and get tens of thousands of votes in every election. It was Gerry Adams who nominated Paisley, their inspiration and leader, for prime minister of the northern statelet.
On a personal note I’d like to give a big thank you to the baggage handlers at Belfast International Airport for making a perfect day even better.
The morning began with my brother’s un-neutered cat urinating over some of my clothes two hours before my flight back to London. Cats that have not been neutered have very pungent urine. With no time to wash them I stuffed my garments into two plastic bags and put them in my hold-all. Also in the bag is a pound of Irish sirloin steak since my mother is convinced that there is no meat in England. Normally there is half a dead pig in my luggage too but not this time. This is just as well because the whole lot is sitting in some airport somewhere gradually fermenting into whatever cat’s piss, beef, clothes and chocolate develop into. The single biggest loss is the charger for my MP3 player. Thank you Swissport and thank you Easyjet.
Liam redux 
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