Ireland will not be reunified, that's what I predict anyway. Now the question whether Northern Ireland should become independent is solely based on what its citizens want.
The republic is enduring the consequences of years and years of blind self-indulgence, meanwhile northern Ireland is safe and sound under the U.K.'s safety blanket.
A BBC poll earlier this year suggested that just 17% of people in Northern Ireland want to leave the United Kingdom. Economic reasons may partly explain this. The Northern Irish economy has outperformed the rest of Ireland since 2007 and living costs are lower than in the south. According to a study last year by CEBR, an economic consultancy, Northern Ireland enjoys a net subsidy of 29.4% of its GDP each year from Britain, resulting in a better welfare state than in the south. While health care in the north is free under the NHS, a trip to the doctor costs most people up to €75 ($100) south of the border. Northern Ireland's (selective) grammar schools are highly regarded, though some of its other schools are bad.
The republic is enduring the consequences of years and years of blind self-indulgence, meanwhile northern Ireland is safe and sound under the U.K.'s safety blanket.
Please tell me you're not ****ing serious. I'm by no means a hater of England but face the facts, they put us through ****ing hell so how dare you say that
The Protestant/Catholic balance is closer to 50/50 but in polls a large number of nationalists said that they don't believe it is the right time to leave the UK given the economic troubles in the Republic and instead said that reunification should happen in 50 years or so.
