We love your food but youse can sod off

The UK got its first Chinese politician this year (at MP level – it’s complicated) but, as luck would have it, she’s an MLA in Belfast, a city not most famed for its universal love.

Anna Lo is the first ethnic politician to be elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Alliance Party) so you just knew there would be, ahem, “problems”.

These have now arrived by the truckload. Today sees a march against Ms Lo by loyalists whose original intention was to go through Donegall Pass, the region’s Chinatown. And not just the usual suspects including the BNP – the Lord Mayor waded in with his support of the march when the route was forced to change and will now go through the city centre.

The pretext for the unleashing of all this bigotry is that she had written a letter complaining about a previous parade which had prevented one of her constituents getting to their job at the hospital. With their tiny brains short-circuited by the uppity ethnic, revenge would be swift and lumpen.

The Chinese can rest assured that the march is not racist now that the organisers have said they will probably have a nice takeaway afterwards. And the community should take comfort from the letter posted through the door of every Chinese household telling them this wasn’t personal (but we know where you live).

I hope they piss in the marchers’ prawn balls

Reminds me of a variation of the old Jewish joke. Anna Lo is walking home late at night when she’d stopped by some thugs.
“Are youse Catholic or Protestant?” they demand.
“Look at me, I’m Chinese Taoist,” she says.
“Yes, but are youse Catholic Chinese Taoist or Protestant Chinese Taoist?”
And then proceed to give her a kicking anyway.

Thanks to Splintered Sunrise for the tip and to this report.

STOP PRESS: Update – loyalist parade called off.