How the Belfast stabbing was the spark to a fuse loaded with grievance and provocation
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Within minutes of the footage going online – of a Black man stabbing a white man – there was a sense of inexorability to what came next in Northern Ireland.
The grievances, the social media platforms, the politicians’ doublespeak and the international cheerleaders all provided a fuse.
On Monday night came the spark.
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