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RB TexLa

(17,003 posts)
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:37 PM Jun 2016

The will of these "British" citizens is to stay.

Why not let them vote on that?



THE UK’S DECISION to leave the EU means Sinn Féin will press for a border vote in the North.

Both Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to remain in the EU, but the leave campaign was able to convince Wales and England to leave the union.

“We have a situation where the north is going to be dragged out on the tails of a vote in England… Sinn Fein will now press our demand, our long-standing demand, for a border poll,” Sinn Fein’s national chairman Declan Kearney said after the UK as a whole had vote to leave the EU.

Northern Ireland could now be faced with the prospect of customs barriers for trade with the Republic.

Under the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Secretary can initiate a poll in circumstances where it was clear public opinion had swung towards Irish unity.




http://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-brexit-irish-unity-2842816-Jun2016/?utm_source=facebook_short

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The will of these "British" citizens is to stay. (Original Post) RB TexLa Jun 2016 OP
Why not? Racist Little Englanders want to cut themselves off from the rest of the world. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #1
english voting bad, irish voting good. ok nt msongs Jun 2016 #2
These are GB citizens voting and under the peace treaty RB TexLa Jun 2016 #3
How about, everyone voting is good. joshcryer Jun 2016 #4

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
1. Why not? Racist Little Englanders want to cut themselves off from the rest of the world.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:43 PM
Jun 2016

If Northern Ireland wants to stay in the EU, as part of the Republic of Ireland or as an independent country, let them do so if they want.

 

RB TexLa

(17,003 posts)
3. These are GB citizens voting and under the peace treaty
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:57 PM
Jun 2016

a democratic display of Irish Unity can lead to a Unification vote.
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