A British reclamation of Ireland a distinct possibility

Charrychar

According to a recent article by RTE it is a real possibility.

Sinn Fein is now the largest party in Northern Ireland with a democratic claim to the position of First Minister. Opinion polls suggest Sinn Féin will also be the unassailable victor in the next Irish general election. A Sinn Féin Taoiseach is in the offing for the first time in the history of the State.

What would be the British government's attitude to Sinn Féin's electoral dominance on the island of Ireland should it materialise? There are two possible trajectories. One is that the British government would respect the democratic decisions taken, North and South, and pledge to advance British-Irish intergovernmental cooperation with the Irish republican interlopers. Another is that it would claim that these democratic decisions are suspect and proceed to deride the republican victors as terrorists and bandits who are not fit for government.

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0511/1297303-ireland-britain-sinn-fein-conservatives-imperialism/

A third is that it would do both. I'm going for that one!

tayto lover

Have you nothing better to be doing?

Crocodile Booze

The brits don't even want the cesspit that is NI. So they certainly won't want any more of the Island.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047635#Comment_119047635

Northern or Republican Tayto?

That was the most batshït crazy article I’ve read in a very long time. That it was written by a Professor makes it even more bizarre.

Fr Tod Umptious

Not happening.

Most of the people and elected officials in the UK don't give a toss about Ireland, north or south, and why should they.

They would be only glad to be rid of NI.

Their focus is closer to home and the fallout of what an independent Scotland might bring.

o1s1n

Can you link the RTE article that notes Ireland is effectively the next Ukraine?

Charrychar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047653#Comment_119047653

There are major benefits for the British in maintaining Northern Ireland, Boris Johnson even admitted it a year or two ago when discussing Brexit. Not everything has to do with economics. Anyway they can keep it as far as I’m concerned.

maestroamado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058245443/a-british-reclamation-of-ireland-a-distinct-possibility

They want rid of Ireland as far as i can see... the only people i seen as anti-SF in the recent election were irish politicians who effectively canvassed against SF in the assembly election... how low can we go...

maestroamado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047676#Comment_119047676

What did he say...

ancapailldorcha

A new account with an outlandish conspiracy theory. Haven't seen that before.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058245443/a-british-reclamation-of-ireland-a-distinct-possibility

In all your *checks notes* 5-day history on boards, this is the least plausible of all your *checks notes again* 13 posts.

Am I doing this right?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047651#Comment_119047651

It's utter nonsense but I suppose part of modern Academia is having a media profile and this idiotic article has elevated his profile so it's a clickbait win-win.

Ash.J.Williams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047651#Comment_119047651

professors don't actually have real jobs though , they just write stuff and hope it get's published and get paid

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047759#Comment_119047759

And if not there is always rte.ie

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047710#Comment_119047710

so it's a clickbait win-win

Well it was until the OP got his hands on it.

maestroamado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047703#Comment_119047703

New thinking... im love it... who cares about conspicary... i seen lights in the sky last night...

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047651#Comment_119047651

Batsh*t crazy and professorships are far from mutually exclusive positions. Dolores Cahill, anyone?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047774#Comment_119047774

It's not worth reading. The idiot even uses the phrase "unassailable victor" in the original article, which clearly shows they don't understand how Governments have been formed here for the last 40 years. Whatever happens, SF if they lead Government will have to do so by coalition with other parties. We will never have a Westminster situation where Tony Blair or Boris Johnson won massive majorities.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047811#Comment_119047811

The author doesn't understand his subject and the OP doesn't understand full stop.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119047867#Comment_119047867

it's also just a Brainstorm piece. The author admits it's ultimately unthinkable. But the OP's just looking for knee jerk reactions.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058245443/a-british-reclamation-of-ireland-a-distinct-possibility

That second one is never going to happen. Unless someone like Putin takes charge.

Hyperbollix

Apart from messing with the EU over the protocol, there's no domestic political benefit for the Tories in actually undermining the GFA or seeking to keep unionism in the driving seat in NI. The English electorate, whether they be the monied class from the home counties or your common or garden gobshite who gets voxpopped on the streets of Hull, know absolutely nothing about Ireland and care far less. If they do have an opinion on it, it's going to be some variation of "Ireland should be united probably" or "We should get well clear of the place, leave it to em" They see it for what it is. A drain on the treasury.

This Tory govt are spoofers and chancers. They won't risk real trouble either with republicanism, the EU and certainly not with the US political establishment. It's all a load of waffle. Fodder for the lunatic red tops to keep the endless scandals off the front pages.

My money would be on a British withdrawal from NI before anything serious would ever happen. Boris and co are only living day by day. They have no policy plan and no direction for the UK to speak of. It's basically just a smash n grab of the state. Boris wants to cosplay as Churchill, his underlings like big cabinet jobs they would never ordinarily get near in normal times and the real malign elements like Mogg et al want a bombfire of regulations and tax avoidance measures. The idea that they would draw up any sort of coherent plan around anything, let alone NI politics is ridiculous to be frank.

growleaves

The wind is in the palm trees/ and the temple bells they say/Come ye back British soldier/Come ye back to Mandalay

martingriff

Would a vote in Ireland even vote for Northern Ireland. What happens then

Still stihl waters 3

The South doesn't want the North and the brits don't want the North, its more trouble than its worth and costs an absolute fortune to run, if Whitehall thought they'd get to walk away they'd probably run and never look back, a shìthole of epic proportions, it would need a serious scaling back of a massive social welfare and public sector problem to make it anyway appealing to either state

Ten of Swords

Right this way op, they're waiting for you

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