Mary Lou saying a border poll within 5 years this morning. Probably more kite flying than calculation there.
To my mind there’s one major and unavoidable thing with a UI
You (and I) may not agree with or like the unionists, but almost regardless of how it’s handled we will end up with a sizeable minority in a united ireland who are there against their will.
This was the force for partition in the first place. And All the evils that went with it
And they’ve been there 400odd years so the ‘if you don’t like it you can fuck off’ argument isn’t realistic.
To my mind there’s one major and unavoidable thing with a UI
You (and I) may not agree with or like the unionists, but almost regardless of how it’s handled we will end up with a sizeable minority in a united ireland who are there against their will.
This was the force for partition in the first place. And All the evils that went with it
And they’ve been there 400odd years so the ‘if you don’t like it you can fuck off’ argument isn’t realistic.