Celtic shirts at the Twelfth

The Twelfth was in Newcastle this year, and somebody wrote to the Telegraph to say that they had seen young men in Celtic shirts out watching the parade. It's great that they want to, that they wore their Celtic shirts and that felt safe to do both. The letter writer hoped that Rangers shirt wearers would feel as safe watching a republican parade. These changes haven't happened by magic. Newcastle, as a holiday resort, has a history of welcoming all comers, but there were many years in the middle when parades of any kind were downright scary. All the people who have worked hard to get back to a shared society have won back such peace as we have, including the parents who founded Shimna. The letter made me glad that our students wear their Celtic and Rangers tops on non-uniform days.