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RockRaven

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4. My understanding is that the Good Friday Agreement contains a guarantee of

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 09:26 PM

Feb 2020

Northern Ireland's right to decide via referendum, if they so choose, to reunite with the Republic.

Whether the Brexit fall-out will cause them to choose to do so is unknown to me. But it seems there is a pre-set legal/political pathway to accomplish it if wanted.

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Brexit: UK reneging on Northern Ireland pledges risks trade deals with US and EU [View all] Eugene Feb 2020 OP

Well, that's not going to go over well. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #1

Hopefully this will lead to a Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #2

That would be a miracle. But I don't see it happening. CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #3

My understanding is that the Good Friday Agreement contains a guarantee of RockRaven Feb 2020 #4