(For those who don’t know, Kane was formerly Director of Communications for the UUP)
>One advantage she does have, though, is that she may be either taoiseach or Tánaiste in the next Irish government and able to put more direct pressure on Downing Street.
What I don’t understand from the incumbent government’s position is why they don’t take the lead now on creating the road to reunification and shaping the path today rather than leaving it to a SF led government
Better not do it prematurely and botch it like the Scotland referendum…
There’s no border poll coming anytime soon. It won’t pass. We’re a generation away from that. And honestly, I don’t even think we’d vote for it in the south at this point due to the uncertainty it would have on people financially.
It’s something I’d personally like to see, but I just don’t see enough people up north voting for change.
John Bruton had an article recently where he pointed out that you can’t just call a border poll once. It has to be reversible.
MM proposed and then abandoned permanent Unionist membership of any cabinet after unity.
There are leading politicians pointing that a 51% majority isn’t enough.
The DF have been deliberately undermined as a matter of policy for the last two decades and due to an agreement of sorts with the UK former DF officers regard the country as a UK protectorate.
That agreement is being challenged in the High Court and the state is arguing that “national security” means the courts have no jurisdiction over it. Because they deny it is an alliance it’s none of the Dáil’s business either they say.
The Protocol allows NI have access to EU and UK. The smart money in NI has finally copped on that this is a huge advantage and copperfastens partition. They want to reduce tax levels to hammer it home and really compete with ROI who handed over the stick and said “beat me please”. Why would you lose half of that benefit by joining ROI?
The Tories are pushing “progressive” social moves so that ROI has no attraction in that regard.
The ROI is spending €500,000,000 over the lifetime of this government in supporting NI and promoting the MM vision of a “shared island”.
It means that when “unity” is proposed it will mean a protocol for the whole island. A GFA arrangement for the whole island. A subservience on Defence for the whole island. A major role for the monarchy in the whole island.
Look at the pieces being put in place and realise that FFG are practically unionist.
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(For those who don’t know, Kane was formerly Director of Communications for the UUP)
>One advantage she does have, though, is that she may be either taoiseach or Tánaiste in the next Irish government and able to put more direct pressure on Downing Street.
What I don’t understand from the incumbent government’s position is why they don’t take the lead now on creating the road to reunification and shaping the path today rather than leaving it to a SF led government
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Id say the next two weeks will tell alot.
Better not do it prematurely and botch it like the Scotland referendum…
There’s no border poll coming anytime soon. It won’t pass. We’re a generation away from that. And honestly, I don’t even think we’d vote for it in the south at this point due to the uncertainty it would have on people financially.
It’s something I’d personally like to see, but I just don’t see enough people up north voting for change.
John Bruton had an article recently where he pointed out that you can’t just call a border poll once. It has to be reversible.
MM proposed and then abandoned permanent Unionist membership of any cabinet after unity.
There are leading politicians pointing that a 51% majority isn’t enough.
The DF have been deliberately undermined as a matter of policy for the last two decades and due to an agreement of sorts with the UK former DF officers regard the country as a UK protectorate.
That agreement is being challenged in the High Court and the state is arguing that “national security” means the courts have no jurisdiction over it. Because they deny it is an alliance it’s none of the Dáil’s business either they say.
The Protocol allows NI have access to EU and UK. The smart money in NI has finally copped on that this is a huge advantage and copperfastens partition. They want to reduce tax levels to hammer it home and really compete with ROI who handed over the stick and said “beat me please”. Why would you lose half of that benefit by joining ROI?
The Tories are pushing “progressive” social moves so that ROI has no attraction in that regard.
The ROI is spending €500,000,000 over the lifetime of this government in supporting NI and promoting the MM vision of a “shared island”.
It means that when “unity” is proposed it will mean a protocol for the whole island. A GFA arrangement for the whole island. A subservience on Defence for the whole island. A major role for the monarchy in the whole island.
Look at the pieces being put in place and realise that FFG are practically unionist.
I’m voting no.
They can keep it
Why tho