Origin
Belfast Bigot, or “No Surrender”, is the name given to the woman who shouted “NO SURRENDER!” (A phrase made famous by the enigmatic Unionist Ian Paisley) through a broken window into Belfast town hall during a Unionist protest in Northern Ireland.
The said protest was part of many held after Belfast City Council voted to only fly the Union flag (of the United Kingdom) over town hall on 20 designated days of the year. Nationalists on the council had originally wanted to take down the flag altogether, but ,in order to get the votes they needed, they reached a compromise with the mostly-neutral Alliance party to fly the flag only occasionally. There were peaceful protests outside the town hall in anticipation of this vote, however when the motion was passed (on Monday 3rd December) they became violent. Unionist protests, both violent and peaceful, broke out over the following weeks all across the province, including Ballymena and Coleraine, but mostly in Belfast. The Alliance party was especially targeted, as they had the deciding vote, and some of their offices were destroyed and members sent death threats. The majority of the Northern Irish population condemned the disorder and ridiculed the people who protested, as it was all about a single flag (or ‘piece of cloth’ as some called it). The most famous protester is the Belfast Bigot, who was recorded screaming “NO SURRENDER!” multiple times. The video appeared on local news and proved very popular among the people of Northern Ireland, who turned it into numerous remixes and parodies on YouTube.
