Brexit and COVID have slammed the not-so-United Kingdom. Its survival may be in danger (LAT)

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4. I fear the Shinners will drag us into another Civil War. Whatever the merits of uniting the island,

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Sinn Fein only care about their number one goal, a United Ireland. They will do anything to achieve that, including barefaced lies and deceptions. As a Republic of Ireland citizen, I'm ok with where the ROI/NI relationship is now. Forcing the Unionists into a United Ireland is fraught with danger, when they clearly aren't ready and the relationship between the extremes of both sides is as hateful as it ever was, but just bubbling beneath the surface in an uneasy truce. They're a heck of a long way off from coming to a UI in a spirit of friendliness. If I was a Unionist, I wouldn't trust that a Shinner/Nationalist majority wouldn't take retribution out on the Protestant minority (as it would be). As a Southerner, I don't want to draw that shitfest on to us. And that's aside from the huge economic cost. In any case it's 100 years anniversary in 2022, and the difference in mindset between North and South is huge.

And the consequence of a Scottish Independence referendum passing, is massive pressure piled on the UK Government to hold a Border Poll in the North. It wouldn't be the first time a British Government just threw their hands up and walked away, leaving a trail of destruction behind.


EDIT : For Clarity, Shinner is an informal term here in Ireland. The literal pronunciation of the word Sinn in Irish is "Shin" !!! Actually Fein is pronounced "Fain". In the same way other parties have their name shortened eg

Fianna Fail (Failers, actually Fail is pronounced Fawl, so Fawlers),

Fine Gael (Gaelers, Gael is pronounced "Gale" in Irish).