Since I have a lot of British flisters, I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is feeling about the Brexit vote. Are you happy? Sad? Scared? Excited?
I heard rumblings Northern Ireland might consider the idea of trying to rejoin the Republic of Ireland? It boggles the mind. (Wouldn't that make a lot of angry Protestants?)
Oh, yes, I think that's why everyone's avoiding the subject since Friday - they either try for reunification and cause trouble with the Loyalists or they don't and we end up with an immigration border between the Republic and NI and trying to figure out the Good Friday Agreement, which specifically relates to the EU in places, so Northern Ireland is probably the most screwed over bit of the UK right now. It really doesn't bear thinking about. I hope peace holds out for everyone.
Wales did vote Leave, so they're not calling for a Referendum or anything, but they also have a devolved gov't and so I think they were saying they're going to make their own negotiations with the EU when we leave, not just go along with whatever England arranges. And also if they're left alone with England, I suspect they might want some serious discussions about how that relationship works now it's changed. But I don't know. Honestly, the only person who seems to have a single clue about anything at the moment is the Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon. The rest of us are just waiting for the Tories and Labours to cease their respective internal wrangling and actually attend to the small matter of the country and what it does next.
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Oh, yes, I think that's why everyone's avoiding the subject since Friday - they either try for reunification and cause trouble with the Loyalists or they don't and we end up with an immigration border between the Republic and NI and trying to figure out the Good Friday Agreement, which specifically relates to the EU in places, so Northern Ireland is probably the most screwed over bit of the UK right now. It really doesn't bear thinking about. I hope peace holds out for everyone.
Wales did vote Leave, so they're not calling for a Referendum or anything, but they also have a devolved gov't and so I think they were saying they're going to make their own negotiations with the EU when we leave, not just go along with whatever England arranges. And also if they're left alone with England, I suspect they might want some serious discussions about how that relationship works now it's changed. But I don't know. Honestly, the only person who seems to have a single clue about anything at the moment is the Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon. The rest of us are just waiting for the Tories and Labours to cease their respective internal wrangling and actually attend to the small matter of the country and what it does next.