Quote Originally Posted by Mo Britain less Europe View Post
You guys speak as if you don't know your history. The reason the Brits didn't give back Northern Ireland was that a big majority didn't want to be given back and there would have been carnage, tens of thousands of deaths at least, if they had.
Yes, the North East of Ireland was mainly Protestant, Unionist people due to the plantation. That's why they didn't give it back imo.
The creation of Northern Ireland, gerrymandering, oppression of Catholics, civil rights, 30 odd years of violence & now peace. 400 years summed up in a paragraph.

I'm glad they didn't give it back. Northern Ireland wasn't expected to last. But the Unionist government made it work and it's still here. Steve Williams OUT!