It is not a Parades Commission ruling which has forced a rethink, but a dawning realisation that all traditions must adapt or die, writes brendanhughes64
The irony of the Orange Order's leaked proposals for future Twelfth of July parades in Belfast will be lost on no one.
It will no doubt cause some embarrassment to Orange Order members that such a no-holds-barred assessment was leaked to the BBC. It also has an ageing demographic. Older Orange members being transported along parading routes by car is a more commonplace sight these days.Proposals to slash it to four miles from 2024 onwards would instead make the march more manageable while helping spectators gain a better vantage point.
No one wants a repeat of 2012 when a band was accused of playing a sectarian song while walking in circles outside a Catholic church on Donegall Street - an episode which sparked a fresh parading flashpoint for years afterwards. Get the latest politics news and analysis in your inbox Want the biggest political stories sent straight to you?
Whether the proposals outlined would address the issue is debatable, but some in the Orange Order clearly feel initiatives such as Orangefest and the "battle not the bottle" ad campaign haven't worked.
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