The Scottish shit-stirring windbag was very prominent in the early days of the fleg protests and was likely to be seen at Belfast City Hall wielding his trusty bucket collecting money for "loyalist prisoners" or whatever cause he was "supporting" that week.
Jim Dowson, shit-stirring Scottish C.U.N.T. (Citizen Under Nationalist Threat)
So successful was Dodgy at the old shit-stirring thing that he was swiftly arrested by the peelers - pretty much at the same time as fellow C.U.N.T.s (Citizens Under Nationalist Threat) Wee Jamie Bryson and Willie (The Tazer) Frazer.
Before getting involved in saving Belfast from the horror of Belfast City Hall only flying the Union Fleg on designated days (in common with other U.K. cities) Dowson (a former Calvinist Minister) had been involved in all sorts of dodgy money making schemes exposed by anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate. His so-called Life League - an extremist anti-abortion group specialised in sending photographs of foetuses to schools and the like.
Jim Dowson - photographs of dead foetuses not pictured
Most famously Dowson was fund raiser for the BNP and managed the membership of the right-wing organisation from his HQ in Dundonald. Dowson subsequently fell out with Nick Griffin over, you guessed it money, but not before some high profile industrial tribunal cases, claims that Dowson "owned" the BNP and rows over European funding. Dowson finally 'quit' the BNP (he claims he was never a member!) " after being accused of groping a blonde activist".
Before leaving the BNP in 2010 the Scottish Daily Record published an expose of Dowson detailing his criminal convictions including breach of the peace in 1986, possession
of a weapon and breach of the peace in 1991 and criminal damage in 1992.
He was forced out of his local Orange Lodge and took part in
demonstrations against fellow Orangemen, attacking them as "atheists and
boozers" after he was "born again".
Dowson subsequently set up a rival far right racist group called 'Britain First' in 2011 with fellow BNP outcast and trusted lapdog Paul Golding using the database of contacts he had gathered in his Dundonald operation to secure support - and funding.
After his arrest in March 2013 Dowson set up an offshoot of Britain First - the Protestant Coalition with fellow hardliners Wee Willie Frazer, former UPRG man Davy Nicholl, Tiger's Bay Loyalist Bill (Bollocks) Hill, Woodvale self-confessed "dangerous man" Rab McKee and notably Paul Golding.
Dowson claimed that everyone was welcome to join the Protestant Coalition!
Protestant Coalition registration forms showing Jim Dowson as 'Leader' and Paul Golding as 'Treasurer'
Before long Dowson (and his new friends) were up to his old tricks:
Jim Dowson's time at the Protestant Coalition came after a very public row on social media with the PUP's Izzy Giles when he launched a series of homophobic tirades.
It's worth pointing out at this point that as part of Dowson's bail conditions he is banned from using social media. Izzy was unconvinced that Jim was obeying this ruling.
I'm not Jim Dowson - honest officer
Not long after the Protestant Coalition apologised for Dowson's rant and quickly thereafter Dowson ostensibly left the party. We have it on very very good authority that Dowson was told to step down by "the boys".
Dowson has due to his bail conditions been quiet in Northern Ireland of late but has found other ways to stay active notably via the Facebook account of one 'Alice Dowson'. Other loyalists (even Twat King Cole) have been quick to pick up on this but to the best of our knowledge no action against 'Alice' has been taken by the authorities.
I'm still not Jim Dowson, my name is 'Alice', said Jim
Yesterday the world was rocked to learn that one of the few remaining members of the Protestant Coalition, Rab McGee had quit citing "health and family problems" (but no mention of a run in with some paramilitaries last week).
With Hill, Golding and Nicholl leaving during 2013 that only leaves Willie Frazer (and possibly So It Is Sam) from the remaining "Gang Of Shite".
Rub McGee, surrender monkey
But what of Dowson?
As 'Alice' he continues to share the fascist filth peddled on Britain First's vile Facebook page.
Alice Dowson - definitely NAT Jim Dowson. Really
And the big news: Jim is back in the fleg game telling Britain First's 131,000 gullible Facebook followers that "every town in Ulster has 'British zones' and in these areas people feel united and safe" - try telling that to the people of Carrick and Larne Jim!
Jim Dowson and Britain First. Horseshit.
We hope Dowson's bail conditions are relaxed soon and he is allowed to speak in public. He is the greatest advertisement for a liberal, tolerant, progressive pluralist society anyone could hope for.
The way we were. The Protestant Coalition: (L-R) So It Is Sam, Rub McGee, Wee Willie, Billy Bollocks, Cher (guest shit-stirrer), Dodgy
The failure of the Haassssss talks and mainstream unionist parties over the Christmas period is proove that democracy doesn't work in the hands of the LundyUP and their puppet sex slaves in the UUP. It is obvious that they are pretending to hold out against capitlatcopulatcapitali giving in to publican Shin Fane IRAs demands to give them all our Britishness to paint green and turn us all into leprecons.
LAD cannot be fooled though and we set out to proove the LundyUP is only pretending to act like hardline nutjobs and already, our Britishness is been sold down the river.
General Willie Frazer of the First Infantry Balloons
We sent our master tactician, General Willie 'Tazer' Frazer, to the Stormount Hotel, where he managed to show the level of LundyUP incompetence by fooling Lundy Jeffrey Donaldson into passing on all the secrets of the talks. On completing his mission, General Frazer was de-briefed in the secret LAD bunker at MI5. Our code breakers have managed to decipher everything he was gibbering about. It makes for disgraceful reading.
Flegs
Lamp posts are to be removed from all areas displaying higher than acceptable levels of loyalism, acceptable to be decided by publican Shin Fane IRA.
New designated days planned by publican Shin Fane IRA mean are fleg will only be flow on 1 day a year only on the flegpole in Holywood
A new Nornarn fleg will be designed by publican Shin Fane IRA (we all know what that means)
Kerbstones will be removed from all areas of Northern British Ireland
Parades
The parades commission will be replaced by a new body called publican Shin Fane IRA.
British loyalist parades can only take place on payment of a €50 million bond (non refundable)
Bed push parades will be made illegal, carrying a custodial sentence for participants of not less than 5 years
The most glorious 12th of July may only be celebrated in East Belfast
Culchie lodges are not permitted to mix with Belfast lodges
Bandsmen who provide a positive alcohol breath test will not be permitted to join a parade
The Past
A new body will replace the HET and investigate only crimes that involved British security forces or loyal defenders of Ulster.
The Past will be dealt with by a Dealing With The Past department allowing society to progress
Any MLA who has been in office for more than 5 years will be consigned to the past to allow society to progress
The TUV will be consigned to the past where it belongs
LAD have awarded General Frazer a special medal in recognition of the bravery and cunning he displayed in getting Lundy Jeffrey Donaldson to spill the beans. Our High Command are now constructing a cunning plan in order to prevent any of these disgraceful proposals chipping any more British off our Britishnessness. As our British hero, Judge Jim (I am the law) Allister says: any more chipping and there will be no more chips left. Without chips, there can be no chip shaps. This cannot be allowed!
Let’s get this very straight. There is no absolute and
unabridged right to protest. People like Simon Hamilton who say there is an
"absolute right", are very wrong. Yes the land is planted thick with laws which protect our
liberty. However, protections also exist that limit liberty, in the event and only in the event, that a person's use of freedom infringes the liberty of other persons.
In a Northern Ireland rapidly advancing in civilization, the
whole history of the flags protests has been one of anti-civilisation; of
gratuitous and promiscuous violence and vandalism. Of the
anti-civilisationists acting to deprive and limit the rights of those who
wish to live in civilization with liberty, peace, safety and prosperity. Protest and march after march, loyalists have shown themselves
pathologically incapable of marching peaceably or in a manner that is open,
decent or even remotely family-friendly.
As Visit Belfast found out from some very unfortunate tourists,
it's been the consummate jungle and booze filled circus. (And let's come back to that matter in a later day, that the 12th has degenerated into a festival of piss (preface here).)
And on this matter the precedent has been set: loyalist protesters
exercise their liberty at the expense of society's liberty. This cannot
stand. We cannot tolerate this. Their violent experiment has been tried and they will continue it upon us at the
expense of our liberty.
On these grounds, I can present the argument that these
marches should be heavily restricted in way that is in accordance with the law, and in a way
that is neither an indiscriminate or disproportionate restriction on a person’s
right to protest.
Here's the European law:
Article 11 – Freedom of assembly and association
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
and to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and to
join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
2. No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these
rights other than such as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a
democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, for
the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals or
for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. This article shall not
prevent the imposition of lawful restrictions on the exercise of these rights
by members of the armed forces, of the police or of the administration of the
State.
By virtue of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights you possess the liberty to protest by holding meetings and demonstrations with other people.
By virtue of Article 11 you possess the responsibility to
act peacefully and without violence or threat of violence.
On the balance of rights and responsibilities, the right to
protest may be restricted provided such interference has a proper legal basis,
is necessary in a democratic society and pursues one of the following
recognized and legitimate aims:
– National security
– Public safety
– The prevention of disorder or crime
– The protection of health or morals
– The protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
Any interference in the Article 11 right must not only be
justifiable, but necessary.
In the event that a person incites another person to disobey a Parades
Commission ruling, that person can be charged
with inciting a breach of a ruling as a specific offence under the Public Order Act.
The argument:
Now, I submit myself to my honest and honorable readers: Do
loyalists march peacefully, without violence or threat of violence? Do they
compromise our national security? Do they compromise public safety? Do they
promote disorder and crime? Do they pervert the freedoms of others? Do they unleash fear and uncertainty writ large across the whole of Belfast?
I take leave to submit that Loyalists have consistently violated every single one of these elementary duties they owe towards
their fellow citizen. Newton Emerson agreed. He said in the Sunday Times here that "Flag protesters have rode roughshod over all these concerns and it is irresponsible to indulge any notion of their “right” to do so."
By that fact, the simple case should be made that this coming march should be heavily restricted if not banned.
By the Loyalist precedent for violence, I suggest that there is an imminent likelihood that Saturday's peace and prosperity will be breached. On the balance of liberties, I submit that Loyalist protesters will hold sway over the city and hold much of civic society hostage by their delinquency.
Because of our indulgence of them, Loyalism has constructed a hideous mentality of Loyalist exceptionalism. That they can act with impunity and that they’re immune from the laws we must subscribe to. Call them out and you get more rioting. Call them out and you get accused of police brutality. This is a hideous distortion.
They have also constructed some disgusting grievance culture. That they have it hard in a way unlike any one else. Catholics and nationalists have it hard. Moderate loyalists and unionists have it hard. These are challenging times for us all. You would think that beyond the walls of loyalism lies a utopia. This is babyish babble.
Now ladies and gentlemen, what are we to do? I suggest we take a stand and offer a modicum of civic opposition. Loyalism wields arbitrary power over a
civil majority in Northern Ireland. They make grand, abstract claims. No power can exist unchecked. Grand claims cannot go out unopposed.
They can have their protest this
week. But I suggest something changes. Friends, I beseech you. They will repeat
their foul experiment upon us. As long as we let them. Stop appeasing this horrendous nonsense. It's time to stand up and
oppose these squalid little bigots who masquerade themselves as civil rights
protesters and call them out for what they are: uncivil shites. Use the law as it exists. Lodge complaints. Campaign against this shower of loyalist incontinence.
Christmas in Belfast 2012 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
Roads were blocked, businesses destroyed, lives ruined and family life disrupted due to the 'peaceful protests' resulting from the democratic decision to fly the Union Flag on Belfast City Hall on designated days only; a policy in keeping with UK government recommendations and followed by all other major cities in the UK.
The wording of the proposal was:
Flying of the Union Flag at the Belfast City Hall
That the decision of the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee of 23rdNovember under the heading “Flying of the Union Flag at the Belfast City Hall” be amended to provide that this Council should adopt the practice of flying the Union Flag on designated days, as applied at Parliament Buildings. This reflects the agreed sovereigntyof Northern Ireland confirmed in the Good Friday Agreement and accepted by all its signatories. By doing it regularly and with dignity, we recognise that we live in a society and City made up of people who are British, Irish and both. The designated days’ solution does justice to these principles; the agreement by all on British sovereignty; the fact of a shared society; and the need for respect and avoiding all triumphalism and the arrangements currently operating at Stormont.It also reflects the preferred determination of the Equality Commission.
(emphasis: LAD)
The vote was democratically carried by a majority of 29 to 21.
It would appear that some cunts can't read.
Meet Ian McCrory
McCrory is a leader of a shadowy group called Ulster Protestant Voice (UPV) who called loyalists unto the streets to protest last December. A family member Sam is the chairman of the Protestant Coalition.
This week he put online his justification for protests:
"Why loyalists decided
to protest
In December 3rd 2012 a vote was taken at a council meeting
in a capital city this vote was in reference to the flag policy which
has stood unbroken for over 100 years.
The policy was challenged four
years previous by Sinn Fein but failed because they wouldn't accept
an alliance proposal to support designated days, Sinn Fein and
republicanism wanted the flag removed permanently.
Fast forward four
years and the matter was again raised, republican councillors cited
equality and shared space as reasons for its proposed removal despite
the fact the equality commission only found 7 registered complaints
in the previous 10 years in regards to city halls symbols which
included the union flag. This time around Sinn Fein backed by the
SDLP once again tried to have the union flag removed permanently but
quickly realised that without the support of the alliance party their
proposal was again doomed to fail.
So nationalist councillors took
the decision to accept the amendment by the party with the swinging
vote (Alliance) which opted for designated flag days. This proposal
was brought before the equality commission who decided to ignore the
signed petitions of over 40,000 Belfast citizens and it was decided
the matter would be put before council for voting.
December 3rd 2012
seen thousands of Protestants gather at Belfast's city hall in
protest at the impending vote to remove the union flag from the
capital city of Northern Ireland Belfast's city hall. As thousands
gathered speeches were read and messages relayed from inside the
council chamber as to what was going on. The mood was defiant yet
completely peaceful even after the vote had been taken, up until a
Sinn Fein councillor uttered the words "This must be seen as a
victory for republicanism and it's just another step in our ultimate
aims of removing all symbols relating to Britishness from this
chamber and this city".
(This is total and utter bollocks: here is the video from the entire Council meeting. We have watched the entire meeting and at no point is the line "This must be seen as a
victory for republicanism and it's just another step in our ultimate
aims of removing all symbols relating to Britishness from this
chamber and this city"used.)
"After that the protest quickly turned
violent and sparked street protests that spanned the length of our
country and further afield.
Since 1906 the union flag has flown from
Belfast city hall, through all the bombing shooting and trauma of the
troubles, that little symbol of Britishness reminded people that
despite the bloodshed the pain the horrors of war, our nationality
remained unbroken and untouched by terrorists fingers. The protests
soon made world news with media outlets focussing on the trouble that
accompanied a small number of street protests, none mentioned that
these scenes of trouble flared at interfaces with nationalist who
celebrated, goaded and taunted people that they "had won"
None focused on the overzealous way the security forces treated the
peaceful protests often disregarding their own rules to conduct a
"political operation at all costs" Men Women and kids
beaten, photographed and later arrested for attending protests that
had never seen any public disorder. People kept on remand in jail for
crimes including "waving a flag provocatively" and
"obstructively sitting". It is the view held by many that
the police service acted with a blank canvass to do what they could
to quell the protests.
Violence cannot be justified nor condoned but
the right of peaceful protest and lawful assembly is the basic fabric
of a democratic society, yet in Northern Ireland 2012/13 this right
was denied. With the threat of injury or arrest numbers dropped
protests ceased to be a countrywide occurrence yet pockets remain
defiant. The protests transformed from road blocks to white line to
cultural marches in an attempt to counteract the robust way the
police treated the protests.
Despite the fact protests, be they white
line or cultural marches, were totally peaceful the police remained
determined to demonise, demoralise and criminalise anyone who partook
in open objection to the removal of the national flag. Working
alongside the police operation to dispel the protests were the
mainstream media who printed story after story detailing the few
violent events on a near daily occurrence they printed or published
images of innocent protesters wanted by police, the term "flegger"
soon emerged to humiliate protesters. They run stories of business's
who lost trade who had to close or lay off staff as a result of
protests, city center traders soon called for rate relief from
council because get were adversely affected. Despite the fact only
one instance of public order was recorded in or around the city
center connected to protests (the night of December 3rd). Business's
who were situated far from any protest point were calling for council
rate relief again blaming protesters and again media used this as a
means to demonise protesters.
Despite all of this the protest has
continued albeit on a smaller scale every week at Belfast city hall,
politicians, police and media outlets all claim we are wasting our
time and that protests will not get our flag back up, The protesters
know this they know that the only way to overturn that decision is by
a re-vote by council and for that, unionists need to regain the
majority in Belfast city council. That is why these protests have
remained a weekly occurrence for now on approaching a year. The
protesters have engaged in a campaign to raise awareness around the
voting apathy within our communities we've actively sought to
convince unionists to register to vote and to use that vote This has
proved somewhat successful given the fact that the electoral
commission released figures showing a rise in registration returns
from the unionist community against the fall in nationalists
communities.
The protest at city hall remain's as a reminder to
people what can happen when you waste your vote. And through actively
encouraging people to vote we believe we can achieve a satisfactory
end to the protests which will see the flag be reinstated to our
capital city hall. In December 2012 republicans proposed removal as
part of their political objective, the alliance party amended it as
part of their objective to create a better more inclusive society, in
short both have brought about the total opposite. Community Relations
in Belfast in 2013 are at depleted levels not seen since the peace
process began. Cross community activities have suffered. Sectarian
attacks have increased. Interface peace walls are being added to. The
process be it republicans political aims or the alliance party's
equality aims have failed and failed miserably for all the citizens
of Belfast".
Tonight we asked a member of the PUP why they are supporting the protest.
So since the PUP don't know what they are supporting, lets see what one of the organisers has to say:
Perhaps we should refer back to a comment McCrory himself posted on Facebook back in February for the real reason for the protest:
This year Ian and his cohorts in Loyalist Peaceful Protesters (LPP) are at it again.
