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Charter NI Scum Out

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Charter NI chief executive Dee Stitt returned to work after a three-week holiday following controversial remarks that a Bangor flute band (the North Down Defenders) provided “homeland security” for the area and that he was the big man in the area. (The remarks were included in this Guardian video, starting at 7m 22s. For more on the UDA in north Down, see this Tele article.)

Many have called for his resignation, including Jeffrey Donaldson of the DUP (Irish News), though the Charter NI board, who conducted an internal review, did not fire him. At least one of the local people in east Belfast was already unhappy with the organization this summer, when the graffiti above was sprayed in Beechfield Street.

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X03598 NI Executive “managed” September and not “controlled” November

Now You See It

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03454 2016-05-12 Abortion Rights+

If you’re downtown early in the morning, you might bump into the gents who “clean the streets”, not in the sense of picking up litter but rather in the sense of graffiti (and chewing-gum) removal. They are shown here wiping out “Abortion rights now!” and “Jail the bankers” in Library Street (perhaps from the Workers Solidarity Movement – see the third image, below)

For more information on the removal process, see the first Now You See It.

03453 2016-05-12 Jail Bankers+

03456 2016-05-12 Anarchism Abortion+

03457 2016-05-12 Bankers Rights w+

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Four-Letter Words

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03442 2016-05-06 Stop Votng+

Three more images from the recent electoral season. Political parties were putting up hoardings and posters everywhere, such as Sınn Féın’s “Vote” ad (next to one for the rock-band Busted on their ‘Pigs Can Fly’ tour) and the DUP’s use of the spectre of a nationalist first minister as a reason to “keep” Arlene Foster and colleagues. Above, however, the watch-word is “stop”: “Want change? Stop vot[i]ng”.

03441 2016-05-05 A 4-Letter Word+

03440 2016-05-04 Keep Arlene First+

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X03442 X03441 X03440 railway br nothumberland st ? keep arlene f1rst minister vote for her DUP candidates it takes a4-letter word to be heard níos fear better with 5 point pledge

The Immaculate Desire

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03435 2016-05-03 Kali Sticker+

Here is the Hindu goddess Kali, her hair loose, nose pierced, tongue out, a kharga in one hand and the head of a defeated demon in the other. In the corner: “She who is the dark goddess, the immaculate desire. 12/12”. To the right are the hieroglyphic signatures of local writers and TMN crew.

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X03435 street?