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The Gangs Behind The NI Riots (With Jeffrey Donaldson MP)


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Violent protests in Northern Ireland have injured 41 police officers and led to 10 arrests.
The DUP leader in the House of Commons, Jeffrey Donaldson MP tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing there is evidence some of the violence is being orchestrated by criminal gangs linked to paramilitaries as a way of hitting back at the police, and he says young people are being used by paramilitary godfathers.
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Therese Raphael joins to discuss the complicated politics behind the violence, as well as the moves by Boris Johnson to introduce vaccine passports as a way of opening up events and venues as Covid restrictions ease.
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