Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill to attend the coronation.

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Angus

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Whatever your thoughts on the monarchy I was pleased to see that Michelle O’Neil was going to attend the event.

A potential significant further cementing of the peace process which ultimately I believe will end in unification.

King Charles himself like so many others has been a victim of “ the troubles.”
 
Angus said:
Whatever your thoughts on the monarchy I was pleased to see that Michelle O’Neil was going to attend the event.

A potential significant further cementing of the peace process which ultimately I believe will end in unification.

King Charles himself like so many others has been a victim of “ the troubles.”
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Yes, I was pleased to see that as well. Just another example of how it is the DUP who are the big babies in NI and are the ones endangering peace. The Tories should have never let them out of their box.
 
Because the nationalists are in the minority

Look at the facts

What percentage of Northern Ireland is unionist?
Voting patterns

2017 Westminster election – unionists 49.2%, nationalists 41.2%, others 9.6%
 
And on the question of any for
of unification

What percentage of Northern Ireland want a united Ireland?

Northern Ireland opinion polling
Date Polling organisation/client Yes
August 2022 LucidTalk 41%

May 2022 Life & Times 34%

April 2022 University of Liverpool/The Irish News 31.9%

November 2021 Lord Ashcroft 41%


So what do you think the majority would do if this was to happen ???
 
It’s of huge political significance, and must have been agreed to by all within the extended party. The fact that the DUP refuse to serve under pro nationalist leadership and are a declining party at the moment make it an interesting move.
It’s the equivalent of Sinn Féin, without making a statement as such, of inching slowly perhaps to recognition the monarchy. Also post the 2019 election the party have 7 mp’s entitled to sit in
the House.
Although it’s still unlikely to alter the policy of Abstentionism.
 
jam69 said:
Only a matter of time for the nationalist vote to overtake the unionist
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I don't think that matters with regards to violence.

The nationalists have not always taken the democratic "well, we're in the minority, so we'll just accept being part of the union" approach; nor will sections of thet unionist population in future when the majority is reversed.
 
Frozen Horse said:
I don't think that matters with regards to violence.

The nationalists have not always taken the democratic "well, we're in the minority, so we'll just accept being part of the union" approach; nor will sections of thet unionist population in future when the majority is reversed.
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true but depends how you look at Ireland, if take the whole of Ireland then the nationalists have a massive majority or if you are just looking at the North of Ireland then it is pretty even now
 
Frozen Horse said:
I don't think that matters with regards to violence.

The nationalists have not always taken the democratic "well, we're in the minority, so we'll just accept being part of the union" approach; nor will sections of thet unionist population in future when the majority is reversed.
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Exactly the only reason the nationalists are playing ball now is because it favours them. In essence they think they have won.
 
Jedi boro said:
Because the nationalists are in the minority

Look at the facts

What percentage of Northern Ireland is unionist?
Voting patterns

2017 Westminster election – unionists 49.2%, nationalists 41.2%, others 9.6%
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They're all in the minority, one used to have a majority. Their share will dip even further in the coming years, and not necessarily based on the religious divide.

It's why SF are proving to be more popular south of the border too.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
They're all in the minority, one used to have a majority. Their share will dip even further in the coming years, and not necessarily based on the religious divide.

It's why SF are proving to be more popular south of the border too
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SF did very well at the last Irish Election securing the largest percentage of the vote 24 % against Fianna Fáil 21% Fine Gael 22 %. I think it was because they are the only left learning alternative to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael 22 who are very conservative and at the time there was and still is huge housing crisis in the south which SF wanted to solve plus other social issues which appealed to the younger voters, who may be were less worried about the them being associated with the IRA in the past. (Edit they probably could of done even better in the election as they did not have candidates for all the available seats)
 
Fed up with it. Been going on right throughout my lifetime and it's been one huge drain on everyone not least the people that live there.
Unify it FFS.
 
Surely the simplest solution would be a democratic vote by the people of Ireland and Northern Ireland and go from there?
 
Muttley said:
Ironically given that the whole B****t thing is a Tory construct. The Conservative and Unionist Party, to give them their full name have probably tipped the scales in terms of Irish unification.
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The northern Irish will look south at a country on the up as their own living standards drop. It's far from rosy for many in Ireland, hence SFs growing popularity but it's a lot brighter than it is in the UK for a good chunk of the population.
 
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