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MonkeyCee

Re: Scotland/Wales want increased powers locally

"There's no doubt that Brexit will result in the reunification of Ireland, so Sinn Fein should be happy."

No offence, but you could do with a wee look at the Good Friday Agreement.

If the people of Northern Ireland want to, they can vote to join Eire. No bloodshed, no bombs. In the long run, Sinn Fein get a united Ireland by waiting it out and being more moral than the DUP. this isn't hard.

The general long term trend is that people are keen on unification, but perhaps it's more hassle than it's worth, both being in the EU and all that.

The main protestant party is the DUP. They are hardline unionists, and are about the only people keen on getting rid of the GFA. They are quite happy with the idea of a hard border. They are slowly losing votes over time.

The NI assembly hasn't sat for three years. Becasue Sinn Fein won't take their shared leadership role until the "cash for ash" scandal gets investigated, and the DUP are up to their eyeballs in the scam, so refuse. So NI is run from England, while the DUP push the boundaries of the GFA.

Thus the elected representatives of ~45% of Northern Ireland won't run the devolved government they've been elected to run, but they do get to sit in the UK parliament and stick their oar in to brexit to try and break the GFA.

The DUP are anti-abortion. So abortion is now legal in Ireland and the UK, except for Norther Ireland. Sinn Fein are now pro legalising abortion (people's choice etc). So you have the DUP insisting NI must be the same as the UK, except when it doesn't want that. Oh, and can you keep running our country while I refuse to face my responsibility in stealing millions in public money.

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