A referendum on Irish unity is coming, whether we want it or otherwise not
Brexit has bulldozed the foundations associated with union, so North and South need certainly to prepare
Whoever favours maintaining Northern Ireland in union with the uk, or prefers a united Ireland, has to get ready for a referendum within the North on that precise option, accompanied by a matching referendum within the South – if you have an affirmative vote for unity within the North.
This possibility is showing up faster than most anticipated.
Demographic change is transforming social Protestants into a minority that is electoral. Unionists with a large U seem to be a minority that is political. Keeping the union consequently depends upon the permission of social Catholics, whose views on that union are far more volatile and averse compared to those held the type of of Protestant heritage. Read more