DRUMCREE 2026, and the death rattle of the old order. Trapped in their own tribal, elemental histories the Orange Order with their attendant clamjamfry of bigots and racists face a people who have risen and are in no mood to stand down.

NEWLY published minutes have revealed that senior Police Scotland officers discussed controversial mutual-aid arrangements with the PSNI during a meeting with Justice Secretary Neil Gray, as Garvaghy Road residents in Portadown faced the renewed prospect of an Orange Order parade being forced through their community.

BELFAST. June 2026. Burnt out homes. Terrified families fleeing in the night. We’ve been here before. A knife attack by Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese asylum seeker in Nationalist North Belfast, triggered anti-immigration riots by Union Jack clad mobs. Loyalist-led pogroms are not new, but their target is. Catholic Irish have been replaced by people of colour.

I AM tempted to think that the recent intervention by Dave Scott of Nil By Mouth to demand that police officers declare their membership of various organisations is more about keeping his organisation relevant than it is about challenging the real impact of racism and bigotry in Scotland as it manifests itself in the sphere of policing and justice.

Is there a distinct lack of support in tackling bigotry and racism towards the Irish and Catholic communities?

SCOTLAND was once again treated to the annual July parades, bringing with it a disruption to community life

BETWEEN 2018 and 2020, the Call it Out Campaign managed to build up a widespread presence in the Scottish media