How can we integrate Unionism into a possible United Ireland?

You need to brush up on your EU law.

Interesting take by sam Mcbride on unionist undying love for the union.

just a further headache for northern republicans,

“The fact that NI unionists' attachment to the UK is sustained through repeated humiliation by London shows the depth of the connection — & shows how hard it will be for nationalism to persuade even a minority of unionists to change sides in a border poll.”

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/Sam-mcbride/unwanted-and-unloved-unionists-are-unbowed-but-boris-johnsons-brexit-deal-is-just-latest-example-of-many-in-britain-kicking-unionism-and-then-being-loved-even-more-strongly-in-return-41342583.html?fbclid=IwAR1Mjk5hUaYD9X1U2hn18dj0-8GQ7-rrXwSgh21pZMKCrBHTWrTpe2YDrRI

You are trying to understand a relationship that seems beyond your understanding. Maybe try and examine a few other relationships in the Union and then come back and look again.

try eng/Scot, Wales/eng, north of eng/south of eng, Glasgow/Edinburgh, etc, etc.

you opted out of this wonderful diverse union. Everyone else opted to stay and value it.

Westminster decamped to Scotland to plead with Scots to stay and swung the Indy referendum. The same Westminister that made it's intentions to NI Unionists clear in the, hated by Unionists, - GFA - they will leave you in a UI and make no fight to keep you in the Union...'they will remain neutral'.

Those other relationships are completely different.

I am only quoting Mcbride. I actually don’t think it is much of a positive or negative for either re UI. That is entirely in the hands of the gfa - which I voted for and am very glad us in existence. Copper fastens the union

It does copperfasten the union, because it makes the continuation of the union dependent on the wishes of a majority in NI, without regard to the wishes of a majority in GB. And, for the reason that McBride points out, unionists should be glad of this, because if the continuation of the union required the support both of a majority in NI and of a majority in GB, its continuation would be rather less likely.

But it's maybe thin comfort. How much value is there in the continuation of a union with a GB that doesn't want or value you? If, long-term, NI is going to be treated by GB in the way that it's being treated right now - well, if you rule out divorce that just means the continuation of an abusive marriage. That's kind of cold comfort, isn't it?

The clearest sign that NI unionism has entered into a crisis is its reluctance to ask Westminster to demonstrate any commitment to, or support of, the union. All the protocol-related angst that unionism is now experiencing flows directly from policy choices made by the UK government; this entire problem is the intentional creation of Westminster, born of disdain and disregard for NI. And the unionist response has been to blame Dublin, blame Brussels, blame anyone except the people who are to blame. Unionist leadership won't ask Westminster to do anything to solve the problem for NI which Westminster has created, because they know such an appeal will be rejected, and they don't want yet another demonstration of how little Westminster cares about them.

The DUP response has been to cling ever closer to their abuser - to lionise the likes of Hoey and Habib and Frost, and never ever to call them to account for what they have done, and continue to do, to NI. There is no future in such a self-hating unionism. Unionists need to recover confidence in the union, and to develop a leadership with confidence in the union, who won't be afraid to assert the needs of the union at Westminster, and who expect to be listened to when they do. If unionism can't do that, it's finished, the GFA notwithstanding.

The 'government' said no such thing. A rogue PM, who also pronised there'd be no border in the Irish sea decided he would buy some gullible votes by giving a personal view, which he is entitled to. Take it to the bank and get what that promise is worth.

So you want an offer is it?

We have to guess what Unionism wants?

We have a modern, outward looking country that has no issues with anyone's identity, and we are also in the EU, which embraces and supports the will of the people here, whatever it may be.

If that isn't enough of an offer then you need to engage and say what you want.

i can see why you think what you think. But you just don’t get it.

our so-called abuser is lavishing £billions of gifts on us every year.

you are not getting that the union is voluntary. It is made up of many constituent parts of which not one has choose to leave in the last hundred years - there was one just before that and it took it generations to recover.

if Cornwall want to leave then I wouldn’t be twisting it’s arm to stay. I would be sorry to see it go but it would go with my blessing, in the same way as Eire decided to go.

if it helps you understand. It is like a family. NI is definitely a troublesome child. We get given massive amounts of pocket money, aren’t charged any rent and keep crashing our car and the family keep paying to fix it. I am sure the rest are frustrated with us but they’re not kicking us out. Mind you our cousins down the road were keen to take us in if we ever get kicked out as they feel their family is not complete without us, but I think their desire to have us live with them is decreasing fast.

What do you define as a hard border?

I was simply responding to these two comments of yours just on this page.

….and I absolutely was not saying it was unique to roi. You would not catch me making statements like these about the UK.

“We have a modern, outward looking country that has no issues with anyone's identity,”

“Unionists live happily here as it is as do all kinds of identities.”