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A comment on Britain’s Reichstag Fire Moment. Parent comment

Re:Britain’s Reichstag Fire Moment by arethuza on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:56AM (#20836891)
Paramilitaries and UK armed forces were fighting in parts of the UK relatively recently and that peace is under threat by a no-deal Brexit so I'm not sure that is the best analogy.
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Re:Britain’s Reichstag Fire Moment by namdnay on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:09AM (#20836937)
20 years ago... that’s as long as the gap between ww2 and the summer of love
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Re:Britain’s Reichstag Fire Moment by arethuza on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:30AM (#20837045)
Well, the chief of the police of Northern Ireland seems to think there is an increased risk of paramilitary activity of there is a hard-Brexit causing a breakdown of the GFA:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/22/northern-ire...

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