afleitch
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« on: July 20, 2016, 11:29:55 AM » |
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I think in order for this plan to be tenable 'Northern Ireland' would have to be allowed to exist in some form, perhaps effectively transferring it's non devolved powers from the UK to Ireland. Unionism would eventually move from political to merely cultural but it would never fully dissipate so you have to have NI as a 'thing' within a Greater Ireland.
'Ireland', the Republic/South and the North would effectively have to be the guarantor of such an arrangement, almost a rehashed Anglo-Irish Treaty but with 'Ireland' overseeing it. Effectively the Republic of Ireland would have to make very significant changes to it's constitution and national consciousness in order for this to work. The Republic isn't a 'victor' taking over the North from the UK. It would have to be a formal union which might see 'South' giving up responsibilities to an all Ireland body. Would this even be favourable to voters in the Republic?
Though should the UK fragment, Ireland would probably move closer, even politically, to whatever arrangement of states emerges from this.
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