In a chilling statement read out by two men in East Belfast wearing makeshift medical covid masks, black bins have been awarded the same status as foreign nationals, the GAA, the Irish language, catholics, the PSNI, sea borders, the future, the media, the Irish government, the British government, education, shops, gliders and global warming.

In an added threat, green and brown bins are “on thin ice due to their colour for differing reasons” according to the group calling themselves Good Individuals Making Province Smarter or GIMPS.

GIMPS have purposely targeted black bins this week during recent unrest as it was the black bin emptying week and this would gain maximum drone footage as they were likely to be full.

Additionally, Elon Musk, who has recently acquired shares in black bins, recently praised the GIMPS in a tweet, stating: “make your province, minus Cavan etc, great again. Keep burning the bins.”