Shit question:
They also said they'd rather leave the EU than keep Scotland in the UK.
While I agree about the methods here, is it Project Fear to be concerned for the GFA? Was Martin McGuinness part of this Project Fear in the run-up to the referendum when he voiced his concerns over this issue?
No. I meant the tories won't want to leave (trade negotiations) to labour so there's little chance of a snap election and less chance of labour winning it.
Would you rather have a socialist government or secure peace in Northern Ireland?
That particular question was a silly one. A better one might have been something along the lines of 'would you like to keep the common travel area with the Republic of Ireland or leave the EU customs union'. I still haven't seen anyone propose a system by which the UK leaves the customs union without imposing some kind of hard border in Ireland. In the absence of a working proposition to have both, it would seem reasonable to ask which of the two is more important to someone who voted 'leave', given that they probably weren't aware of the problem at the time they cast their vote. Also, of course, necessary to remember that this is only a poll of 52 per cent of the people who voted in that referendum (and so slightly fewer than 52 per cent of who would vote today due to natural wastage). Even if 90 per cent of them think something, that still doesn't make a majority in the country.
I'm sure the DUP would love that ...
What's wrong with holding such a position?
Because during indyref1 they said if we voted to remain in the UK it would guarantee keeping our EU membership. In the EU ref both NI and Scotland voted to remain.
Yes. And lots of other stuff as well. We're quite confident about our next indyref.
What are you going to trade?
I would lay good money that in the event of a No Deal Brexit and subsequent Scottish independence that EU membership for Scotland would be fast tracked and the objections of countries like Spain will just get bought off.
Oil, agriculture, fishing, alcohols, technology, renewable energy, water, ships, computer software, textiles, tourism and such.
And how is that done? The UK has committed to keeping NI in the UK for as long as a majority of people in NI wish this to be the case. Whatever you think about that, and I could say a lot about it, practically and politically, how do they change that stance? Specifically, how does the Conservative and Unionist Party change that stance?
So what's your point exactly? Three parties all led by remainers said something in the referendum campaign. Why shouldn't leave voters take a different position?
