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Yes, but it's now changing with Greens calling for integrated and Alliance as well, with the NI Humanist (NI arm of the GB humanist) landing in NI. Faith schools are ballix and they should get rid of them in England too. The GB humanist have shown they cause division there to no end as well.
Atheist Ireland are also campaigning and the ridiculousness of parents having to baptize kids now gets media attention. Of course the Dail comes up with half assed solutions cos... well. Stuff. Basically.
Ah Sinn Fein. Plastering the 1916 declaration all over the Falls while conveniently forgetting about Devalera. They're very silent on catholic schooling as well.
I don't see a unification vote working ATM. Surveys don't support it (though those can always be off badly) and there are too many insecurities on what it means for benefits/average wage, who pays for it and so on.
Though if it's campaigned on something nice sounding like "take back control..." :P
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You might know the answer to this:
Why were Sinn Fein advocating a NI referendum on unification even before the Brexit vote? Have demographics changed that much that they could be optimistic about the outcome?
Also (and to Murakami as well): Yeah, I agree church education is a hideous business on both sides of the border. In Northern Ireland it's not only the fault of the Catholic church though is it? Both communities have seemed complacent about keeping their kids in separate schools and (presumably) perpetuating division.