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Plenty don't, usually as they've no understanding of the complexities of the politics there and view it as a basket case. Plenty in ROI would be happy never to have a UI. But then again there are some who wish to rejoin the Commonwealth so...
I don't think that's fair, FG/FF will always bring up SF's past. They know who's pulling strings in the background, but the can't outright say it. The general public are tired of hearing "but SF did this...", so realistically, they have to address them on a policy level, which isn't easy when they've never been in power here. General consensus is that they like being in opposition as it's the easier role, and anyone who pays attention to NI politics here, knows they're really just more of the same.
Last election, if they'd been able to run more candidates, they would have won more seats, but considering news since then about their TDs and Cllrs, kidnap, money laundering, anti-vax, in-party bullying, they may have been best not running more nutters.
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To be optimistic, I think it will. Not too long ago ROI voters still voted on civil war lines, FG vs FF
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Nelson Mandela ran South Africa for quite awhile. Israel has had a number of terrorists hold power.
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That's my fear... full customs checks... but my hope is still that on a human or realistic level, the general population in NI and ROI will find a way to work together around it. As naive as that may sound, NI and ROI trade has already grown considerably and with no ill effects to either market.
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I genuinely love to read the general practice everyone in the North and South has to ensuring they mention they don't support SF... They also don't support any of the other parties, so... how do they keep getting in, no-one ever seems to vote for them.
Every main party in the North is either corrupt/extreme/ineffective, in the following categories
Corrupt: Sinn Féin, DUP
Extreme: Sinn Féin, DUP, TUV, UUP (Garvaghy Road is still fresh in some people's ninds)
Ineffective (via lack of strong policy): Alliance (unionist with small "u"), SDLP (nationalist with small "n" and link to Republic's FF)As much as many dislike Sinn Féin and the many valid reasons for disliking them, they've managed to pull in a slew of voters in ROI and NI, by simply keeping quiet or picking up on the anger of the general populace (who seem totally or willingly ignorant of worrying aspects of said party)
The solution to all this is going to be as complicated as the run up to 1998, but maybe saved by the lack of cult figures and a growing understanding on both sides that the UK couldn't give a fuck
And I think any of you with experience of NI understand that media etc still kowtow to Unionist politicians as if they've never had a roll in inciting violence, while their history of similar actions follows every Republican politician til their death. Everyone forgets David Trimble and his part in the facist Vanguard...
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I don't mean to be glib, but surely they can import them from ROI or get assistance from ROI to do so via the EU? I feel like I'm missing a key point.
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Though I’d agree, there’s also the added problem of many developers not wanting to get involved in projects in Protestant areas because of the protection rackets and the “dues” they’ve to pay.
https://trans.info/en/dutch-trucker-union-representative-eu-workers-won-t-help-uk-out-of-the-sh-t-255992