I heard that Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales leaders are planning to meet to break up UK. Is it really true? Anyone from UK here who can tell me what is actually happening there?
I heard that Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales leaders are planning to meet to break up UK. Is it really true? Anyone from UK here who can tell me what is actually happening there?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_a_United_Ireland
What? No poll shows “yes” leading.
Polls done in Ireland consistently favour reunification.
In the North, the majority of Irish (labelled “Catholic” in polls) support reunification. Overall, they don’t have a majority yet due to those who identify as “British” or “neither”. which is why a border poll has not yet happened, but it has been trending upwards since about 2015.
We even have senior unionist politicians talking about it now and I see many protestants making videos online about becoming comfortable with the idea of reunification and even learning the language. Times are changing.
It would not be Ireland voting, it would be Northern Ireland.
I am sure one day it will happen, but it is not imminent.
Incorrect. Under the Good Friday Agreement, both the North and the the rest of Ireland must vote ‘yes’ to reunification by public referendum. This is one reason why Irish citizens are also polled on this issue.
I agree that it is not imminent. It seems somewhere between likely and inevitable.
Sure, what I mean is that regardless of whether or not Ireland votes yes - Northern Ireland must also vote yes. And it won’t happen until Northern Ireland specifically is ready.