There may be a tendency to dismiss the Loyalist threat as coming from 'a bunch of thugs' who have no support in movement, and whose whole existence is based violence.
Such a dismissal would be an error and a mis-estimation of the strength on which the Scottish Loyalists can draw. Unless they are taken seriousand strongly opposed -it could well be that a monster could BlOW up, religious bigotry.
This process has already begun, as the following examples show:
April 19/y: the United Troops Out Movetient calls a demonstraton in Glasgow in protest at the presence of British troops in In counter-demonstration between and a thousand assorted supporcis or tre evangelical trotestant, Pastor Jack Glass, LUI US. Queen • 15 March 1980: the National Front Calls demonstration in Glasgow. is banned under an from the Secretary of State for Scotland which prohibits all demonstrations and marches for one month.
The NF turns up anyway, sing 'God Save the Queen' start to march. Approximately 50 of them are arrested and are subsequently fined average of £10.
• 20 April 1980: As part of a Scottish tour, Bernadette McAliskey is due to speak at a meeting Glasgow's Maryhill community centre.
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