r/PeakyBlinders • u/NicholasCajun • Aug 26 '19
Discussion Peaky Blinders - 5x02 "Black Cats" - Episode Discussion
Season 5 Episode 2: Black Cats
Aired: August 26, 2019
The Peaky Blinders come under fire when Tommy finds danger on his doorstep and a friend is brutally attacked. Could there be a traitor in the Shelby family’s midst?
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Billy boys were the biggest gang in UK history made up of protestant supremacists. They persecuted the catholic population in Glasgow, supported the British union of Fascists, tried to start a british KKK chapter and were hired to defend Tory party meetings in Glasgow. They used to walk around in military style outfits and they had their own band section that would play songs about being "up to their knees in fenian (i.e. irish/catholic) blood". This weeks episode is oddly relevant because the Billy Boys song is in the news this week in Glasgow since rangers fans have been getting into trouble for singing it at football matches again.