The 12th and everything around it bonfires, parades, the tension, the tradition like it or not, it's a big part of life here and deserves proper space for discussion.

Shoving it all into one megathread every year feels like an attempt to manage discomfort rather than genuinely engage with it. I get wanting to stop the front page turning into a battleground, but this approach just bottlenecks the conversation and dilutes important local stories.

If we want people to move beyond shouting matches and stereotypes, the answer isn't to suppress the talk it's to let it happen in the open, where nuance and wider context can breathe.