Guy Fawkes Night

[Osculater]

The official story is the poor chap got his neck caught in the wheel-arch of a single-decker bus while drunk, and it severed his head.

Apparently the first guy who found the head thought it was a stunt for Halloween. So he picked up the, "fake" head. Hilarity ensued.

 

[ferrisjso]

The war of Catholicism Vs Protestantism has been rolling on in Europe for over a millennia. Northern Ireland and Brexit for example.

Protestantism just turned 500 a few years back. So no.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Protestantism just turned 500 a few years back. So no.

And religion was not a driving force behind Brexit.

 

[650lb Sumo]

Spoiler: Links

Bonfire Night disorder across Edinburgh - youths hurl fireworks at police and start fires

Police deployed riot teams and a helicopter as part of Operation Moonbeam, aimed at tackling fireworks-related offences.

news.sky.com

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/street-turned-bonfire-night-warzone-30305564

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/weve-lost-it-bonfire-night-30306131

Edinburgh

Large groups of youths have been throwing fireworks, bricks and bottles at police in Edinburgh, during a night of disorder across the city.

Video posted online shows officers responding to Bonfire Night incidents in the Sighthill, Niddrie, Gracemount and Gilmerton areas.

Riot police have been seen on the streets of Edinburgh, wearing helmets and carrying shields, as fireworks were lit and exploded around them.

One police officer has been injured after a brick was thrown through the window of her patrol car. One person has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Footage from Gilmerton, a suburb in the southeast of the city, also showed burning debris in the street as youths rode on bicycles.

Manchester

A street in east Manchester was turned into a 'warzone' on Bonfire Night, with a car set alight and police officers attacked with fireworks during scenes of mayhem.

Emergency services descended on Vine Street between Gorton and Abbey Hey as a large group of youths began to gather, creating makeshift barricades with mattresses and pallets.

The mob, of around 20 to 30 individuals, started an illegal bonfire with waste and a motorbike, as they set fire to a car and pelted TAU police officers and their vehicles with the fireworks, narrowly missing other passing vehicles on Tuesday night.

One eyewitness likened the street to a 'warzone', with smoke filling the air and burnt-out wood and empty firework casings littering the residential street.

"Looks like a full scale war zone down there," described one person on social media, as another commented: "They were at it from four o'clock. They barricaded the street off. I had to climb over pallets and boards to get home and wouldn't let cars through, hurling fireworks and wood and bricks at cars."

The 5th of November is usually GMFRS’ busiest night of the year. At times the brigade was attending 33 incidents simultaneously on Tuesday evening. Between 6pm and 10pm that figure reportedly didn’t drop below 20.

Bonfire Night is also the most dangerous evening firefighters face annually. Some 22 were attacked between September and mid-November last year, GMFRS says, as they dealt with 1,167 deliberately-started fires as part of 10,000 anti-social behaviour incidents seen across the city-region in the same timeframe.

 

[650lb Sumo]

Lewes:

 

[HHJ]

I have a huge pot of black peas in the slow cooker.
I’m looking forward to an evening of tremendous earthy farts and a terrified dog.

If you drink guinness with the black peas you can go by the name Chemical Ali

 

[HHJ]

The celebration is because the Plot was foiled.

This is really bizzare.

 

[Phlog]

Protestantism just turned 500 a few years back. So no.

Good point. I should have said centuries.

And religion was not a driving force behind Brexit.

Britain's antipathy with Europe is likely geographical in origin, but the last 500 years has been characterised by religious differences. The modern economic systems, the Anglo Saxon model reflect Anglican decentralised ethos.

Anglican beliefs, with their emphasis on national identity and self-governance, may have contributed to Euroscepticism among certain segments of the population.

In contrast, Catholics, who are accustomed to the idea of a supranational authority like the Pope, have been more open to the concept of European integration.

You can say it wasn't about religion, but I'd say that you are not looking deep enough to see it.

 

[Phlog]

Lewes:

This goes pretty hard.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Good point. I should have said centuries.

Britain's antipathy with Europe is likely geographical in origin, but the last 500 years has been characterised by religious differences. The modern economic systems, the Anglo Saxon model reflect Anglican decentralised ethos.

Anglican beliefs, with their emphasis on national identity and self-governance, may have contributed to Euroscepticism among certain segments of the population.

In contrast, Catholics, who are accustomed to the idea of a supranational authority like the Pope, have been more open to the concept of European integration.

You can say it wasn't about religion, but I'd say that you are not looking deep enough to see it.

You're reading too much into it.

 

[Phlog]

You're reading too much into it.

With respect I think that's a view that's coloured rather by the story that people tell about Brexit rather than one based upon the forces that resulted in Brexit.

The majority of people won't have thought at all about the root of motivations one way or another, but that doesn't mean they are not there.

Like with genetics, how people believe it's their free will to make choices and yet we see evidence of the conditions for such choice in their genetics. I don't mean that people's choices re Brexit were made because of religion, but that the conditions that lead to their decision are strongly influenced by a religious war. It doesn't matter if they themselves are religious or aware of the influence.

 

[650lb Sumo]

Biggest supermoon of the year to appear on Bonfire Night

November’s full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, will peak just as it reaches its closest point to Earth

www.independent.co.uk

 

[TardStrong]

I watched this it was alright

 

[KnightTemplar]

I watched this it was alright
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This one was better.

 

[Michaelangelo]

I think the castration was a bit unnecessary

 

[KnightTemplar]

Police Scotland and Edinburgh council have cracked down hard this year in the run up to V for Vendetta Night. It's probably easier to buy heroin in Edinburgh right now than fireworks. That said, the night is young and I've just heard fireworks going off in my neighborhood...

 

[650lb Sumo]

 

[KnightTemplar]

I think the castration was a bit unnecessary

Bleeding-heart liberals like you make me sick!

 

[Satur9]

Police Scotland and Edinburgh council have cracked down hard this year in the run up to V for Vendetta Night. It's probably easier to buy heroin in Edinburgh right now than fireworks. That said, the night is young and I've just heard fireworks going off in my neighborhood...

Crackdown on what exactly? What’s the legal status of fireworks over there?

 

[KnightTemplar]

Crackdown on what exactly? What’s the legal status of fireworks over there?

They are legal to buy, however, police and council can request retailers not stock fireworks. Police can also apply for a Dispersal Order for certain areas. This means that crowds are not allowed to gather for any purpose. Including setting off fireworks.