Protestors gathered in Bristol, Manchester, London and several other cities on Saturday evening, in opposition to a controversial new bill that critics say will limit the right to protest.
Tensions have soared within the loyalist community in recent months over post-Brexit trading arrangements which have been claimed to have created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
"This will never not be completely insane."
Loyalists and unionists are angry about post-Brexit trading arrangements which they claim have created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
"Eight police officers injured after loyalist rioting in south Belfast - There are many casualties of Brexit but the damage to Northern Ireland Peace Process is the most terrible. Brexit is an abomination," wrote one Twitter user.
“He is a clown, a self-centred ego, an embarrassing buffoon, with an untidy mind and sub-zero diplomatic judgement.”
"Just an ITV newsreader referring to me as an ape with the cover of Shakespeare."
Campaigning for the London mayoral election has got underway, with Dr Peter Gammons in the running for UKIP.
He 'veered wildly between incoherent bluster and outright conspiracy theory' a Labour spokesperson said.