One of the founding principles of the EEC/EU was that borders wouldn’t be changed or moved so they will not support a vote.
Suprised Cyprus didn’t make the list
What about the Jura separatists in Switzerland? They set off a bomb last in 1988 when I was there. Due another one any decade now.
Strange to think that 74% of the island population want unification but the minority rules the roost and denies the majority.
What about the percentage of people that have no say or don’t care then there is the percentage of No unification
The irish one is obviously fake, all of the ROI agree unified ireland is good, all of NI agree its bad its that simple
I wonder what those numbers would look like for Moldova if the pollster opened with a reminder that Romania is a member of both the EU and NATO, and is covered under the mutual defense agreements of both.
Some might quaff at how low the figures are on both sides of the border, and I would be sceptical of them too to be honest, however, I would say that the ROI figure should be higher and the NI number would be lower.
About 25% of the population here (NI) are committed Nationalists. There’s around a further 10% who would probably vote for unification but they aren’t entirely sure and look at things like house prices, medical costs and the cost of living and shy away from being committed to reunification.
There’s about 40% of the population who are absolutely committed unionists and will not vote for unification unless the UK is essentially reduced to the economic status of Chad.
The rest of the population is willing to be convinced but is happy enough with the status quo.
In the south, a lot of people like the idea of reunification but don’t actually want what it would entail, even on the tiny unimportant issues. Before you jump down my throat, would you agree to getting rid of the tricolour (because that’s a definite gonner) and the anthem? Would you be happy with an annual bank holiday for the 12th of July? That would be even without taking into account heavier stuff like increased taxation and rediversion of funds to Belfast and Derry instead of Cork and Galway.
I think when a lot of people in the south aren’t actually willing to consider unification under those circumstances and they imagine that it would merely be an expansion of the south northwards, a case of the Gardaí popping down Bóthar na Seancille to keep an eye on the crowds coming out of the GAA match. Reunification would mean not only a material change in term of taxation and services, but a symbolic change where the vast majority of things that are emblems of southern identity would have to be laid aside and a culture which a lot of people in the south despise would have to be held almost in veneration by state and cultural bodies.
I’m Catholic, from the south, but on the border, and I now live in Northern Ireland. I grew up infused with Nationalism and I have to be honest, even I would be hesitant about voting for reunification.
According to a recent poll two thirds of Irish people polled would support reunification but that number plummets when people realize it might cost them some money. So much for 800yrs of fighting without fear.
What about Karelia in Finland?
Any reason unionist opinion still exist in Ireland?
Source: Trust me bro
Polls likely this aren’t terrible informative except in capturing the most ardent supporters of either side. And even then, they require particular graded questions such as “support versus strongly support graded 1-5. They don’t really predict what might happen at any given time a vote is actually held. At best they predict changes if repeated with the same methodology over long periods of time. For instance, if it came to be that a Labour Govermece to power in Westminster in the next ten years, and they allowed a border poll in NI, forcing one in ROI too, the support for a yes is bound to be higher than these polls, because most Irish people will see this as “now or never” democratic option.
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Lol. These numbers are horseshit.
Stupid sexy Flanders
One of the founding principles of the EEC/EU was that borders wouldn’t be changed or moved so they will not support a vote.
Suprised Cyprus didn’t make the list
What about the Jura separatists in Switzerland? They set off a bomb last in 1988 when I was there. Due another one any decade now.
Strange to think that 74% of the island population want unification but the minority rules the roost and denies the majority.
What about the percentage of people that have no say or don’t care then there is the percentage of No unification
The irish one is obviously fake, all of the ROI agree unified ireland is good, all of NI agree its bad its that simple
I wonder what those numbers would look like for Moldova if the pollster opened with a reminder that Romania is a member of both the EU and NATO, and is covered under the mutual defense agreements of both.
Some might quaff at how low the figures are on both sides of the border, and I would be sceptical of them too to be honest, however, I would say that the ROI figure should be higher and the NI number would be lower.
About 25% of the population here (NI) are committed Nationalists. There’s around a further 10% who would probably vote for unification but they aren’t entirely sure and look at things like house prices, medical costs and the cost of living and shy away from being committed to reunification.
There’s about 40% of the population who are absolutely committed unionists and will not vote for unification unless the UK is essentially reduced to the economic status of Chad.
The rest of the population is willing to be convinced but is happy enough with the status quo.
In the south, a lot of people like the idea of reunification but don’t actually want what it would entail, even on the tiny unimportant issues. Before you jump down my throat, would you agree to getting rid of the tricolour (because that’s a definite gonner) and the anthem? Would you be happy with an annual bank holiday for the 12th of July? That would be even without taking into account heavier stuff like increased taxation and rediversion of funds to Belfast and Derry instead of Cork and Galway.
I think when a lot of people in the south aren’t actually willing to consider unification under those circumstances and they imagine that it would merely be an expansion of the south northwards, a case of the Gardaí popping down Bóthar na Seancille to keep an eye on the crowds coming out of the GAA match. Reunification would mean not only a material change in term of taxation and services, but a symbolic change where the vast majority of things that are emblems of southern identity would have to be laid aside and a culture which a lot of people in the south despise would have to be held almost in veneration by state and cultural bodies.
I’m Catholic, from the south, but on the border, and I now live in Northern Ireland. I grew up infused with Nationalism and I have to be honest, even I would be hesitant about voting for reunification.
According to a recent poll two thirds of Irish people polled would support reunification but that number plummets when people realize it might cost them some money. So much for 800yrs of fighting without fear.
What about Karelia in Finland?
Any reason unionist opinion still exist in Ireland?
Source: Trust me bro
Polls likely this aren’t terrible informative except in capturing the most ardent supporters of either side. And even then, they require particular graded questions such as “support versus strongly support graded 1-5. They don’t really predict what might happen at any given time a vote is actually held. At best they predict changes if repeated with the same methodology over long periods of time. For instance, if it came to be that a Labour Govermece to power in Westminster in the next ten years, and they allowed a border poll in NI, forcing one in ROI too, the support for a yes is bound to be higher than these polls, because most Irish people will see this as “now or never” democratic option.
No Catalonians?