INGERSOLL: Here It Comes, As Predicted

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JUNE 9: Youths gather in front of a burning barricade on Duncairn Gardens on June 9, 2026 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Demonstrations have been called in reaction to what police described as a "brutal" knife attack in north Belfast on Monday night, which has left a male victim in his 40's with serious injuries. The Home Office has confirmed the suspected knifeman is a Sudanese national who was in the UK on leave to remain, after being granted refugee status in 2023. Officials have called for calm as misinformation circulated online following the attack. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

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HERE IT COMES, AS PREDICTED

We’re seeing just the very beginnings of some of western culture’s darkest times, if things don’t begin to change quite rapidly.

Belfast is on fire. Nationalist militants clad in black have been........

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