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In reply to the discussion: Brexit means the last, best chance for a united Ireland. [View all]TubbersUK
(1,517 posts)11. It's not that simple I'm afraid
It was the unionist areas in NI that voted Brexit, the nationalists supported 'Remain'
Walking through West Belfast last week, I was struck by the roads hung with Union Jacks and 1916 flags (no, not that 1916 - these flags mark the sacrifice of soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division in the Somme), and how many also featured Leave posters in residents' windows. A few streets away, on the Falls Road, the Irish tricolour and Irish-language murals were joined by signs urging voters to back Remain.
Anyone who has spent much time in Belfast recently can't have missed the general geographical distribution of "Leave" and "Remain" posters. And within Stormont, the DUP have been campaigning for a Leave vote and Sinn Féin for Remain.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/06/your-eu-referendum-vote-could-change-things-forever-northern-ireland
Plus, there are ties between UKIP and the unionists in Northern Ireland:
David McNarry (born 25 May 1948) is the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in Northern Ireland. He stood for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in North Down in the 1982 Assembly elections but failed to be elected. He was first elected as an MLA for the UUP in 2003 and subsequently re-elected in 2007 and again in 2011, before parting company with the party in 2012 and then going on to join UKIP. He is a former UUP chief whip and education spokesman.
A Northern Ireland Office (NIO) memo released in 2012 described him as "a dangerous nuisance".[1] He is the current Assistant Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.[2]
A Northern Ireland Office (NIO) memo released in 2012 described him as "a dangerous nuisance".[1] He is the current Assistant Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McNarry
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Dewy eyed claptrap. The Wolfe Tones traded on the misery of 30 years of death, stoking up
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#19
It is very easy to find yourself in Northern Ireland without even realizing you've crossed over.
MADem
Jun 2016
#12
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
I think it would--the last vote was close, and EU participation wasn't on the line in any event.
MADem
Jun 2016
#16
Brexit means that the big money in Northern Ireland will tolerate a fence between the north and
MADem
Jun 2016
#9
Exactly, thank you. Plus there is no appetite in the Republic of Ireland to take them in, we
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#21