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geardaddy

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Mon Sep 22, 2014, 04:55 PM Sep 2014

Riots in Glasgow after Scottish referendum on independence

Riots in Glasgow after Scottish referendum on independence
http://mobile.news.com.au/world/europe/riots-in-glasgow-after-scottish-referendum-on-independence/story-fnh81p7g-1227064881509

ONE day after Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom, British nationalists have taken to the streets of Glasgow to celebrate their victory.

The gathering began as a show of British national pride, but it quickly developed into what many witnesses are describing as a riot.

Protesters carrying U.K. flags and banners associated with the pro-Union Protestant Orange Order had to be separated from Scottish independence campaigners by Glasgow police.



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Riots in Glasgow after Scottish referendum on independence (Original Post) geardaddy Sep 2014 OP
Oh, lovely! How to be gracious in victory ... not! nt MADem Sep 2014 #1
I was afraid of something like this shenmue Sep 2014 #2
300,000 march peacefully, scant media coverage, 100 break a few windows, media all over it.... Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #3
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