Elizabeth wrote:Nobody has corrected me about Scotland if you bother to properly read my first post today.
Now on Northern Ireland.
Let me start by pulling you up with your last point about Northern Ireland voting to remain in the EU. You infer that this should have relevance. Is this not two faced when you don't accept the relevance of the majority result in the 2016 referendum in favour of leave?
I sometimes wonder how you can be so shamefaced as to post this stuff when the earlier posts are there for everyone to read. Even dsr, who is on your side, confirmed that you were not just a bit wrong but a lot wrong when you said that you thought that more Scots had voted for brexit than independence.
re: Ireland. It should be obvious to anyone that it has a unique position and history in the UK. There are many challenges facing Ireland if we have a "no deal" / "no customs union" brexit, and it can't just be ignored. (The DUP have been seeing to that anyway.)
Its obvious to all who want to engage that a "no deal" brexit significantly changes the situation in Ireland, and could hasten some kind of political / economic union between north and the republic. I even supplied you with the relevant data that gauges current opinion / feeling in Ireland, but of course you're only thinking of a narrow English brexit, and Ireland is probably perceived by you to be little more than a nuisance getting in the way of negotiations. It's not - it's serious.
I did incidentally accept the relevance of the referendum result in 2016, but it's 2019 now, and we're more divided and chaotic than at any point in recent history, and it's clear that what was promised cannot be delivered and therefore, (whilst I would still support a sensible compromise), it's looking increasingly likely that any deal will have to be put to the people along with other leave and remain options.