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I have been getting the distinct impression that there is a complete and utter lack of interest in NI nowadays, from the side of England especially... plus a lot of genuine ignorance
For example from the current* Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley:
“I didn’t understand things like when elections are fought, for example, in Northern Ireland – people who are nationalists don’t vote for unionist parties and vice versa,”
.* still in office at 13.32 Thursday 15 November 2018
Charlie_L
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But that's the thing though, being an outsider, I just know what's actually currently being talked about. NI never really features much these days, most days you might as well not know it's part of the UK at all. I'm sure it was a huge thing back when bombings and bomb threats were happening all the time, but I have been getting the distinct impression that there is a complete and utter lack of interest in NI nowadays, from the side of England especially... plus a lot of genuine ignorance about what's going on there at all (not that I'd claim to be an expert of course).