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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 21:02:25 GMT
" The amount of people who could vote yes in ROI could mean the NI vote is irrelevant " An interesting parallel with the England//Scotland EU referendum in fact. And should the Ireland//N.Ireland vote actually be Ireland//UK as it is of concern to all of us in the UK, one way or another. But, of course, N.Ireland is nothing to do with GB so perhaps we shouldn’t have a say anyway? Hmmmm – Complicated! It would have to be an all Ireland vote only. We don’t have a say in Scottish IndyRef. The EU vote was for the UK so a slightly different question. With Ireland you have to ask the north do they want to leave the UK. same as Scotland. It would then be up to the then independent north to decide if ROI willing do they want to join up. I think we are a long way from NI wanting to breakaway from the UK and the government giving them a vote. It would be an independent NI joining ROI When we see a successful Brexit you may even see the Scottish IndyRef lose a bit of momentum Summed up 100%
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Feb 13, 2020 21:11:22 GMT
It would have to be an all Ireland vote only. We don’t have a say in Scottish IndyRef. The EU vote was for the UK so a slightly different question. With Ireland you have to ask the north do they want to leave the UK. same as Scotland. It would then be up to the then independent north to decide if ROI willing do they want to join up. I think we are a long way from NI wanting to breakaway from the UK and the government giving them a vote. It would be an independent NI joining ROI When we see a successful Brexit you may even see the Scottish IndyRef lose a bit of momentum Summed up 100% The link I posted in the previous posts states that when the secretary of state believes that there could be some momentum for a United Ireland in NI he ( it says " he") is obliged to hold a referendum....and interestingly the protocol is that the Republic holds a referendum with exactly the same question at the same time....if I've understood it correctly. I don't think it makes it absolutely clear on what basis/ evidence the secretary of state judges that the climate is right.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 21:22:19 GMT
The link I posted in the previous posts states that when the secretary of state believes that there could be some momentum for a United Ireland in NI he ( it says " he") is obliged to hold a referendum....and interestingly the protocol is that the Republic holds a referendum with exactly the same question at the same time....if I've understood it correctly. I don't think it makes it absolutely clear on what basis/ evidence the secretary of state judges that the climate is right. I think that could only be based on the swing of which side of the divide you come from which has drastically changed of late. It's estimated that by 2022 there will be a Catholic majority which would of course lean to them joining the free state in voting terms. Not all are voting age of course.
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Post by liathroid on Feb 14, 2020 9:52:40 GMT
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