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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work." "The Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998, which ended the conflict, acknowledged the legitimacy of the desire for a united Ireland, while declaring that this "must be achieved and exercised with and subject to the agreement and consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland", acknowledging that "the present wish of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland, freely exercised and legitimate, is to maintain the Union", referring to "Northern Ireland’s status as part of the United Kingdom" and confirming "that it would be wrong to make any change in the status of Northern Ireland save with the consent of a majority of its people"." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Ireland 51% is a majority according to Brexiters. | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work." Is Brexit going to be a precedent for that in England too? ![]() | |||
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" 51% is a majority according to Brexiters. " 51% is a majority according to Wikipedia too... A majority is the greater part, or more than half, of the total. It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. "Majority" can be used to specify the voting requirement, as in a "majority vote". A majority vote is more than half of the votes cast. Why shouldn't 51% be a majority for Remainers too? | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work." . This all day long, although I've always said I'm in favour of more democracy not less unlike some people on here | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work." That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice. | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work. That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice." I've always believed in a qualified majority ![]() | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work. That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice. I've always believed in a qualified majority ![]() Go on... | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work. That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice. I've always believed in a qualified majority ![]() You can google it if you don't know what it means ![]() | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work. That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice. I've always believed in a qualified majority ![]() ![]() Do you believe in a majority? | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work. That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice. I've always believed in a qualified majority ![]() ![]() I've made my point quite clear, now instead of focusing on the minutiae, why don't you try contributing to the thread which is about the potential break up of the UK. | |||
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"A slight majority isnt enough for Northern Ireland to make this change. We'd really need a solid majority to make this happen. " But apparently it is all that is needed to take the UK out of the EU... | |||
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"There isn't a very good track record of the minority going along with the majority in Northern Ireland so I doubt this is going to work. That’s if this “majority” actually exists? And this from an OP who has consistently said that a 52/48 vote was not sufficient in an actual vote....but now 51% seems fine. I’m not taking sides either way as NI is clearly very complex. But a little consistency would be nice. I've always believed in a qualified majority ![]() ![]() It seems most others have mentioned majority too so I guess it wasn't so trivial after all. Nevertheless I'll try not to use the 'm' word again as it is your thread. As for the potential break up of the UK, some would say this is inevitable particularly with the 'republican' population set to become greater than the 'unionist' population in the next decade or so. | |||
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"Do the 51% realise that a visit to the Doctor south of the border is 50euro a pop or a trip to A+E is 100euro, not to mention the extortionate cost of car tax and insurance. They might realise why we go cross border shopping for alcohol and medicines also." . Blimey no wonder they favour no border, it's the best of both taxs ![]() | |||
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"Do the 51% realise that a visit to the Doctor south of the border is 50euro a pop or a trip to A+E is 100euro, not to mention the extortionate cost of car tax and insurance. They might realise why we go cross border shopping for alcohol and medicines also." They probably do. I would presume that those living in NI who favour joining Eire have visited Eire once or twice. | |||
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"Do the 51% realise that a visit to the Doctor south of the border is 50euro a pop or a trip to A+E is 100euro, not to mention the extortionate cost of car tax and insurance. They might realise why we go cross border shopping for alcohol and medicines also. They probably do. I would presume that those living in NI who favour joining Eire have visited Eire once or twice. " booze cruise/drive anybody | |||
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