Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Mc Larnon  Your outcome is predicated on the British (and by that I include the 6 county British) agreeing to such a referendum in the first place. In circumstances where they are stridently opposed to such a referendum how do you advocate bringing about a UI?
BTW I am not trying to be difficult for the sake of it, it is just that you are a person who is opposed to the current SF strategy and is willing to discuss alternatives rather than shout slogans. |
This is a failure of the negotiating teams in the All Party Talks.
A referendum based on the majority of a statelet you don't even recognise is only shelving the problem for another day. The referendum should go ahead with or without British consent. They should be persuaded to take part, and International pressure should be laid,Republicans for their part should cease violence to accomodate a peaceful referendum, but if they refuse to take part they will be denying democracy to the vast majority of the Irish people.
Partition affects both sides of the border. Solutions to partition must involve both sides of the border. The Unionist minority cannot stop democratic constitutional change. Nationalist failure to negotiate, and British failure to lay a strong hand on Unionists condemned us all to decades more of the Status Quo.