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Powerful song. Those were terrible years...just listening and libdem4life Jun 2016 #1
Dewy eyed claptrap. The Wolfe Tones traded on the misery of 30 years of death, stoking up OnDoutside Jun 2016 #19
Ok, then. libdem4life Jun 2016 #25
It also means an end to the Peace Process. Recursion Jun 2016 #2
and EU membership was a needed respite lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #3
Yup. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #7
It is very easy to find yourself in Northern Ireland without even realizing you've crossed over. MADem Jun 2016 #12
It's going to a field day for smuggling. OnDoutside Jun 2016 #20
All the old tunnels will be opened up again, I suppose! MADem Jun 2016 #26
More a case of expansion ! OnDoutside Jun 2016 #30
Who could've predicted that the English would be responsible for the end of the UK? craigmatic Jun 2016 #4
They will lose all of their colonial and territorial holdings and find themselves a single state. TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #6
Yup -- Gibraltar voted REMAIN - and they want Independence obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #13
vultures enid602 Jun 2016 #27
Without unification, a border wall might be required, with checkpoints. TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #5
I don't foresee a break up of the UK. roamer65 Jun 2016 #8
They're already looking into asking for another referendum on independence. MADem Jun 2016 #10
I don't think it would pass. roamer65 Jun 2016 #14
I think it would--the last vote was close, and EU participation wasn't on the line in any event. MADem Jun 2016 #16
What currency will they use? roamer65 Jun 2016 #28
It'll take two or three years to "de-couple," so no worries there. MADem Jun 2016 #29
The pound's not exactly attractive right now, in case you hadn't noticed. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #31
Brexit means that the big money in Northern Ireland will tolerate a fence between the north and MADem Jun 2016 #9
It's not that simple I'm afraid TubbersUK Jun 2016 #11
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #15
Exactly, thank you. Plus there is no appetite in the Republic of Ireland to take them in, we OnDoutside Jun 2016 #21
Colonialism is when another occupies and controls your country. Igel Jun 2016 #17
Bullshit Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #18
I agree...TAL! Unrepentant Fenian Jun 2016 #22
Ireland's constitution guarantees freedom of religion and no state religion. pampango Jun 2016 #23
Orrrr... auntpurl Jun 2016 #24
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