In the event of united Ireland could DUP attract a significant vote in the Republic / 26 Counties ?

Years as a rowing coach have thought me that a crew can do way more damage to themselves than any adversary can.

If the Dail Politicians continue with their insouciance towards the broader electorate…anything is possible.

The refugee crisis (including economic migrants), the housing unaffordability, planning bottlenecks such a Dublin Airport cap, the complete lack of discussion about supply chains dividing into Western and BRICS and no discussion of how to insulate Ireland all show a political class out of their depth….so never say no.

There was an independent unionist in Donegal in the 20s and 30s.

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/people/james-sproule-myles-staunch-unionist-somme-hero-and-td-in-free-state-4274496

I noticed a strange story on the news about an American tourist calling an orange parade "an Irish parade" and southerners got so wound up she had to apologise. This shows you that orange culture isn't respected in the republic even though they have orange in their flag to represent that culture. The parade was in Donegal with many of the Orangemen being Irish citizens which made the story even more bizarre.

I couldn't find any threads on the story so thought I would mention it here.

"on the news" - well that will surely help narrow it down.

People have no idea what a united Ireland really means,

Agreed.

Our Education system would require an overhaul. The Irish language cannot be forced the way it has ( I think it would actually improve its usage)

Public sector would need to be dragged kicking and screaming through changes, they wouldn't miss a chance to demand more pay over it.

Flag - the tricolour is pretty pathetic in my opinion - The white indicating the 'peace' between the two communities…..

National anthem - obviously would have to go; anyone attempting to ram it down Unionist throats and telling them to deal with it learned nothing from the Troubles.

Delightful - she can stay up there with her fear mongering and her tied up swings on Sundays

“Yet here we are with this proposal, when the bulk of the people in this area do not share an affinity with Irish culture or Irish language,” she continued.“It’s not in keeping with the area and I don’t think there is any need for it, especially when that land is zoned for employment.”Ms Bunting added that the act of putting forward plans to establish an Irish language school within a loyalist area follows a “pattern of behaviour” she has witnessed in other areas of Belfast, claiming it could be seen as provocative.“Some might suggest that this is a provoking gesture, as need in neither place has been demonstrated.”

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/dup-politician-told-to-catch-herself-on-after-objecting-to-irish-language-school/a1131782082.html

Point of order- we might “hear”, but we certainly won’t be fcking listening 🤪

I think in the event of a United Ireland the DUP would merge with FG. They would then be seen as a party that would try to align more closely with the UK than with the EU

FG are socially liberal

Joke of the week alert. They're already fairly close policy-wise and now seem fairly friendly with each other

https://www.independent.ie/news/fine-gael-audience-applauds-as-dups-donaldson-says-ireland-should-join-the-commonwealth/37944279.html

As an a-side I think joining the commonwealth would be on the cards in a United Ireland situation to bring the Unionists with us

Its likely to be part of a package of sops to try and quell loyalist violence after a border poll that passes; rather than an attempt to win them over in advance.

Water charges

Wuestion posed: Name a single economic or social policy on which FG and the DUP align

Answer given: Water charges

If you don't like the answer given then maybe it's beacause you're a closet SF supporter

I'm not sure are you disputing my answer. Do you need more than one similarity between the DUP and FG? If so you should have asked

The very people who are least likely to care whether a UI is in the BC or not.