A tinderbox in Northern Ireland.

 Following the serious stabbing of a man on the streets of Belfast on Monday, there was further unrest last night, with busses set ablaze and police officers attacked. The perpetrator of the knife attack - was a Sudanese man, who has been charged with attempted murder. It transpired that he had traveled from Paris to Dublin and then onto Belfast, where he sort asylum some time in 2023. Needless to say this case, following so quickly on the Harry Novak, one last week has only added fresh impetus to the crisis in the asylum system. Moreover the forthcoming by-election next week in Makerfield adds to the ongoing crisis of migration, whether legal or not The authorities in Northern Ireland and on the mainland are definitely on the back foot and leaving space for Nigel Farage and Reform to exploit the - tinderbox situation.