Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Ironically, of course, it makes a united Ireland less rather than more likely in the short to medium term. It's one thing asking moderate protestants in the north if they want to join a united Ireland run by an Indian shirtlifter. It's quite another to ask them if they want to join one where the Provos who murdered relatives of theirs have won the majority vote and there are actual murderers sitting in the Dáil.
Did you really say that the only difference between the two normal parties was whether they supported partition in 1922 or something?