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In a way it's ironic that the (somewhat mental sometimes) corner of the UK that everyone forgot called Northern Ireland is now causing such a headache for a political caste that never cared about it. If the whole Brexit wasn't so tragic, it would be mega hilarious.
RE xenophobia, it's often a lot more subtle than outright nutcases, which makes it way harder to fight as people don't even know themselves (hey I am not racists, I have black friends bladiebla and they actually do, but they will still read the daily hail and all that shit) the BNP are easy targets, but it's usual subconscious prejudices and fear of immigrants hammered into people that are more common.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brexit-prejudice-scientists-link-foreigners-immigrants-racism-xenophobia-leave-eu-a8078586.html the leave campaign exploited this quite well, enough to swing the vote.