Do you think Brexit will see a united ireland happen?

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I’m sure this won’t get many votes as it’s nothing to do with America.. lets bring more British politics to CC for a change 🙂

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I’m not sure much will bring them united to be honest

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From what it seems on the news, definitely not. There will be a border with check points? Or if not will N Ireland just be part of the EU still? This all seems really unplanned and a really bad idea to continue without concrete ideas. I don’t think countries should just wing serious things like this.

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I really don't know. I've studied Irish History, and things are just too complicated to be confident in making any sort of prediction (in my opinion). I am very interested to see what happens though - because something WILL happen. When Brexit goes into effect, the current status quo will be over and things will change in one way or another - it all comes down to what the current opinions are of the populace, the politicians, the media, the upcoming elections, etc. and I'm too far removed to gauge those things.

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Ireland will never unite if there was an attempt you can be guaranteed there would be war in saying this as an Irish woman who lives on the border

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There are too many people who don’t want to be part of the ROI in the north. I see Northern Ireland becoming independent quicker than I see an united ireland

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I don’t know, what do you think will happen?

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I mean.... aside from the fear of another 30 years of violence- it is not so straightforward to reunify a country. It would result in a massive cost/debt to the republic (reunification of Germany cost 2 trillion FYI) also a massive overhaul of infrastructure: our school system is segregated, we follow a British curriculum, we are part of the NHS, we follow British laws, we use the British pound, 50k people in Northern Ireland are employed by the British public sector- what about them? Their pensions? It would take a lot of planning, years of planning and then... what hope we don’t all kill each other? 
I think its optimistic at best.

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I’m American, but I do try to follow world news. From everything I’ve read, I sincerely doubt it. Nothing about Brexit seems to be unifying.

Do you think Brexit will see a united ireland happen?

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