It was screened in England, Scotland and Wales but banned in Northern Ireland after opposition by local councils. Its tactics flopped in places such as Oxford but gained traction in Northern Ireland, said Barber, who investigated archive material for a pending book about UK-wide film censorship. It was much more extreme than other cases.”Not everyone in Northern Ireland supported censorship. The Democratic Unionist party rejects any deal that would treat Northern Ireland differently lest this weaken the union with Britain. However the party defends an abortion ban that sets Northern Ireland apart from the rest of the UK.

Source: The Guardian June 30, 2019 06:56 UTC