Northern Ireland 2125?

Sunningdale never removed 1 foreign armed English troop from the 6 counties-

The GFA removed over 30 thousand of the armed scum from patrolling OUR streets-

Is that why U hate our GFA-

It is always the other sides fault, says you, and you despise the other side.

The border poll of 1973 was the first application of what is now a fundamental principle which can be stated as follows: that it is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide whether Northern Ireland is to become part of a unified island of Ireland or to remain part of the United Kingdom.

And note the reference here to “the people” – and thereby the decision is not for the politicians of Northern Ireland or any representative body, such as a Northern Ireland parliament.

This is significant. It was a free and fair referendum. A minority of voters boycotted it because they knew they would not win it.

Ever wonder why unionists do not want to get in to bed with you in a U.I., apart from the fact some in the CNR community boycotted the last referendum? Someone else described it better than I can.

100 years ago Ireland gained independence but there were fears how Protestants would fare in a Catholic state, so 6 counties remained in the UK with roughly 80% Protestants and 20% Catholics, whilst 26 counties left to form the Republic of Ireland with roughly 88% Catholics and 12% Protestants.

Today 100 years later Catholics in Northern Ireland have thrived to more than double to roughly 50% today. However the fears seem to be founded with Protestants all but eliminated in the Republic of Ireland with only 3 or 4% remaining today.

So Northern Ireland exists because there isn’t a place in the Republic of Ireland for Protestants.

Ireland doesn’t want Unionists, and Unionists in Northern Ireland don’t want to be part of a so called “united” Ireland that doesn’t want and doesn’t want to understand Unionists or even consider them. There is a real problem in Ireland that exists today. Even Graeme Norton famously remarked when asked about how was it being gay growing up in Ireland where he said “try being a Protestant in RoI. Where else in all Europe would you hear this ? Certainly not in England.

Even if you listen to the IRA and what they were trying to do, summed up by IRA man Eamon Collins who said Warrenpoint was bombed as "it seemed to be cocooned & relatively prosperous. Middle-class Catholics & Protestants lived in harmony, united". He said "I loathed the tranquillity of this little seaside town”

To attempt to force around 1 million Unionists into a country they don’t want and don’t want them is just impossible, and would cause such unrest, that would spiral out of control. During the troubles there were 27,000 troops with equipment, logistics and barracks, and the Irish Army has 8,000 personnel and most of those are administrative and the Gardai just couldn’t cope. For British troops to then be deployed to what would be Ireland wouldn’t be acceptable.

In addition due to the bombings Northern Ireland’s economy collapsed and as such tax payers enormously subsidise Northern Ireland, in areas of Health, education, infrastructure, pensions, social security etc etc. With the UK having 68 million people and Ireland barely a tenth of that at 5 million the Irish government just don’t have the capacity or ability to support Northern Ireland and the Irish would resent supporting Northerners.

To expand on that a pro united Ireland rally was held not many years ago in Dublin which Leo Varadkar attended. Free buses from Northern Ireland to Dublin were provided but curtains had to be draped on both sides of the arena to hide the empty seats. So it appears those in favour are the same old people talking amongst themselves.

So no, there is no capacity or capability to have a referendum until these underlying issues are sorted, and that’s 50 or more years away