80% back United Ireland and Rising - poll

[FutureTaoiseach]

http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/stor ... qqqx=1.asp

Those on the forum who have contended that the Irish people do not want a UI now have their answer.

In the poll, 55% say they support a United Ireland but not as the "first priority of government", while another 22% say it should be achieved above all else, with 22% opposing or being indifferent to a UI.

80% also call 1916 a "positive event".

How important is a UI to you?

[Bogwarrior]

It's totally irrelevant, given the Unionist veto enshrined in the GFA. Which you voted for by the way.

[FutureTaoiseach]

It's totally irrelevant, given the Unionist veto enshrined in the GFA. Which you voted for by the way.

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

[Bogwarrior]

It's totally irrelevant, given the Unionist veto enshrined in the GFA. Which you voted for by the way.

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Um, they are a minority within Ireland at present. As partition effects both sides of the border, why did you vote to enshrine the veto of the minority in the island?

[rover]

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Which will never happen

[FutureTaoiseach]

It's totally irrelevant, given the Unionist veto enshrined in the GFA. Which you voted for by the way.

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Um, they are a minority within Ireland at present. As partition effects both sides of the border, why did you vote to enshrine the veto of the minority in the island?

They don't have a veto when they become a minority in the Six County area is what I mean. I voted Yes for peace and also because of the North-South bodies and a legally-binding requirement on the British govt to introduce a UI if a majority north and south vote for it. It is the firmest guarantee we have ever had on this question.

Which will never happen

It might.

[jmcc]

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Which will never happen

Another crystal bollix gazer huh?

Regards...jmcc

[Bogwarrior]

It's totally irrelevant, given the Unionist veto enshrined in the GFA. Which you voted for by the way.

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Um, they are a minority within Ireland at present. As partition effects both sides of the border, why did you vote to enshrine the veto of the minority in the island?

They don't have a veto when they become a minority in the Six County area is what I mean. I voted Yes for peace and also because of the North-South bodies and a legally-binding requirement on the British govt to introduce a UI if a majority north and south vote for it. It is the firmest guarantee we have ever had on this question.

Which will never happen

It might.

Then what relevance does this opinion poll have? The British have always stated they'd leave when the majority in the 6 Counties say so. Decades before the GFA, they acknowledged this. Only before it was called the Unionist veto, now it's called majority consent.
If the Chinese accepted these conditions, Hong Kong would still be a British colony. Only the Chinese aren't pushovers like Irish Nationalists.

[rover]

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Which will never happen

Another crystal bollix gazer huh?

No- its simple demographics. The increase in the Catholic population is slowing down hugely. Even if there was to be a 50/50 split in thenext ten years (which is very unlikely) large sections of the Catholic population do not support a United Ireland

[jmcc]

It's not a Unionist veto when they become the minority.

Which will never happen

Another crystal bollix gazer huh?

No- its simple demographics.

Demographics is never simple.

The increase in the Catholic population is slowing down hugely.

Compared to what? Is there any arrest of the decline of the unionist population or is there a net increase in the nationalist population? Will economic conditions force a re-evaluation of the unionist position?

Regards...jmcc