An 86-year-old Belfast local finds last night's riots utterly quaint, comparing them to a mild Tuesday after GCSEs and lamenting the lack of paratroopers and tanks. He wistfully recalls a time when 'violence' involved actual warfare, not just a few burned cars.

AN elderly Belfast resident is chuckling at the relatively small scale of last night’s violence. <p><strong>AN elderly Belfast resident is chuckling at the relatively small scale of last night’s violence. </strong></p> <p>86-year-old Oliver O’Connor is smiling indulgently at the idea that last night even remotely compares to the centuries of riots, sectarian clashes, and bomb blasts that have plagued the streets of his home city.</p> <p>He said: “Ah, some buses and houses got a bit on fire, did ...