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Nope. No surrender!!! ;)
People in NI are getting fed up with SF and the DUP, which I think is good, as only lots of talks by moderates can bring forth a UI.
In fairness SF always invites unionists at festivals where a UI is discussed, but the party is simply not trusted by many due to its past and continued links with... interesting characters.
Edit: cross border work is that sorted under the common travel area, or a mess incoming due to Brexit?
JWestland-
Nope. No surrender!!! ;)
If you went back a decade or two and told people that in the future, Ian Paisley's son would be encouraging NI residents to get Irish passports you'd be laughed out of the country, and yet here we are: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unionist-ian-paisley-jr-mp-constituents-apply-republic-ireland-eire-passports-a7102761.html
Edit: cross border work is that sorted under the common travel area, or a mess incoming due to Brexit?
No idea to be honest, will likely be fine in the end. Mostly just a pain regarding travel via car, green cards and whatnot. Though there's due to be a cross-border cyclepath completed next year which will allow me to cycle to a bus or train station across the border and get up to Belfast that way.
At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if my work went down the route of fully WFH though.
People in NI are getting fed up with SF and the DUP, which I think is good, as only lots of talks by moderates can bring forth a UI.
Agreed, but I still think we're a good decade or so away from getting away from the SF/DUP stranglehold. Unless it starts happening consistently across both sides, I imagine there'll be a lot of "If we stop voting for SF/DUP, then DUP/SF will take over!"
mmccarthy
Should be interesting to say the least. Prior to lockdown I, like many others, commuted back and forth across the border for work.
We've already had DUP members advocating for people in NI to get themselves an Irish passport. Will they be advocating for a united Ireland next?