A month ago loyalist paramilitaries were warning they would "wreck the place" if they were unhappy with the outcome of negotiations on Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.
The streets would be "in flames" if a new deal between the UK and European Union did not scrap the Irish Sea border, senior UVF figures told the Sunday Life.
The Windsor Framework has since been unveiled and formally adopted, but it seems this is far from the major concern currently aggravating loyalist gangs.