John Downing
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Yeah.
Yes, absolutely.
And in many instances.
And I suppose on the question of a border poll, what what does the nineteen ninety eight Good Friday Agreement, Belfast Agreement, say?
It says two, three things.
It says firstly
It is up to the Northern Ireland Secretary, that is the London appointed minister for Northern Ireland, to decide when and if there will be a border poll.
It will be decided on the basis of an assumption that it is likely to succeed, and there is no elaboration as to how it
The London government is to know uh how likely a referendum on Irish unity is going to succeed.
It is to be assumed there would be a similar referendum south of the border.
Most people south of the border say
Let's have a united Ireland.
However, the operative question will be are you prepared to pay more tax to sustain a united Ireland?
Shinkela erfod.
the agreement is completely silent on that.
Is it sort of a better class of opinion poll?
Is it the Northern Ireland Secretary in London looking into his or her heart and coming up with what they think the people of Northern Ireland you know believe?
I it's it's a matter of total conjecture.
Well, a number of things, but it was better together and was the slogan, the unionist that's to say, the the London government slogan, and a lot of emphasis on the UK within the EU.
But in the end, you're right, it was it was lost by ten points, fifty-five percent to forty-five percent, September twenty fourteen.
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