(March 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm)Tazzycorn Wrote: The unionists looked at that in 21*, and realised the 2 1/2 counties they'd have in that case wasn't viable as a state. And now they would't even be confident of keeping Belfast.
The border poll as it'd be run now would mean either a simple majority of both communities, or an overall supermajority, something in the region of two to one.
Fair enough. I always knew that Ulster nationalism was more of a fringe movement and not advocated by any of the mainstream parties anyway. But you know, I still hope our friends across the water get to decide their future, whatever that may be and good luck to them.
(March 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm)Tazzycorn Wrote: *Northern unionism has absolutely no attachement to the UK, in fact the DUP consider English people little better than closet papists. The only reason they were willing to stay in the union was because they were given "a protestant country for a protestant people".
I'm not doubting you, but what exactly do you base that on?
We've always had a better relationship with Northern Ireland than England has, anyway, if I recall correctly -- given the history and all that.
