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| Nazi flags near Carrickfergus bonfire site taken down | Nazi flags near Carrickfergus bonfire site taken down |
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| Nazi flags put up on lamp posts in County Antrim have been taken down. | Nazi flags put up on lamp posts in County Antrim have been taken down. |
| The flags were erected near a loyalist bonfire site at the Glenfield estate in Carrickfergus, alongside paramilitary flags and the Union flag. | The flags were erected near a loyalist bonfire site at the Glenfield estate in Carrickfergus, alongside paramilitary flags and the Union flag. |
| Progressive Unionist Party members said on Twitter late on Tuesday that moves had been made to remove the flags. | Progressive Unionist Party members said on Twitter late on Tuesday that moves had been made to remove the flags. |
| Earlier, Alliance Party MLA Stewart Dickson said: "Clearly it's an incredibly sinister move to see any flag that has a swastika on it." | Earlier, Alliance Party MLA Stewart Dickson said: "Clearly it's an incredibly sinister move to see any flag that has a swastika on it." |
| "Part of the celebration for the Twelfth of July incorporates the memory of thousands of Orangemen who gave their lives during the Second World War," he said. | "Part of the celebration for the Twelfth of July incorporates the memory of thousands of Orangemen who gave their lives during the Second World War," he said. |
| "For anyone to put swastika flags around a bonfire as part of their so-called celebration has taken a most sinister turn, and is flying in the face of everything that I ever understood the Orange Order to stand for." | "For anyone to put swastika flags around a bonfire as part of their so-called celebration has taken a most sinister turn, and is flying in the face of everything that I ever understood the Orange Order to stand for." |
| He added: "This requires the whole community to stand up and say 'enough is enough'." | He added: "This requires the whole community to stand up and say 'enough is enough'." |
| "I would hope that the Orange Order would join me and other community leaders in Carrickfergus and say 'this is not in our name and we don't want these symbols of fascism rearing their head in our community'." | "I would hope that the Orange Order would join me and other community leaders in Carrickfergus and say 'this is not in our name and we don't want these symbols of fascism rearing their head in our community'." |
| 'Utterly reprehensible' | |
| DUP MP Sammy Wilson said such flags had "absolutely nothing in common with unionism or with loyalism". | |
| "People from Northern Ireland fought bravely in our armed forces to defeat the Nazis and these flags should have no part in our society," he said. | |
| "I do not believe that the vast majority of people who will participate in celebrations over the coming weekend want to see such flags flying and I welcome that they now appear to have been removed." | |
| An Orange Order spokesman said: "The Orange Institution is not responsible for the erection of these flags in Carrickfergus. | |
| "Public representatives, including Mr Dickson, have a role to play and should not shirk their responsibilities if there are concerns within certain communities regarding particular flags and symbols." | |
| He later added: "Such flags are utterly reprehensible and bring shame on loyalist communities. They should be removed immediately and consigned to the dustbin of history." | |
| Police had said they were "aware of reports of several flags in the Carrickfergus area and are making enquiries". | Police had said they were "aware of reports of several flags in the Carrickfergus area and are making enquiries". |