a united kingdom no more?
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:22 pmso this year has been interesting for the UK. this week in particular
to sum up:
Article 50 invoked tomorrow. PM May will sign it: Brexit is on, to be completed by April 2019
the government of Northern Ireland is in chaos. following a renewable energy scandal that cost taxpayers half a billion pounds, the First Minister, by law a unionist, refused to resign even though she is implicated. the Deputy First Minister, by law a nationalist, resigned in protest in january over her refusing to stand aside (and health reasons... he died last week). you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable ... ve_scandal anyway, his resignation forced a snap election. the snap election has left the unionists without a majority. Sinn Fein has refused to form a government until the leader of the unionist DUP resigns, and she has not. a new election may be called soon, as they have been 3 weeks without a government
the government of scotland passed another measure for another vote on independence, 69 to 59. this is because of Brexit; scottish voters mostly voted to stay in the EU and their vote to stay in the UK a few years ago was in part driven by the fact the UK was in the EU
if scotland votes independence, chances are high at an irish reunification. scots-irish, the irish that first came to america and populated the south and have been the majority in northern ireland, have more affinity to the scots than the english. without scotland, i do think northern ireland will become no more, and finally we will see a unified Ireland. as for wales, towns such as llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch will remain with england, but i really think that it's no longer "The United Kingdom". also the flag ought change to the red cross on a white field with a dragon
to sum up:
Article 50 invoked tomorrow. PM May will sign it: Brexit is on, to be completed by April 2019
the government of Northern Ireland is in chaos. following a renewable energy scandal that cost taxpayers half a billion pounds, the First Minister, by law a unionist, refused to resign even though she is implicated. the Deputy First Minister, by law a nationalist, resigned in protest in january over her refusing to stand aside (and health reasons... he died last week). you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable ... ve_scandal anyway, his resignation forced a snap election. the snap election has left the unionists without a majority. Sinn Fein has refused to form a government until the leader of the unionist DUP resigns, and she has not. a new election may be called soon, as they have been 3 weeks without a government
the government of scotland passed another measure for another vote on independence, 69 to 59. this is because of Brexit; scottish voters mostly voted to stay in the EU and their vote to stay in the UK a few years ago was in part driven by the fact the UK was in the EU
if scotland votes independence, chances are high at an irish reunification. scots-irish, the irish that first came to america and populated the south and have been the majority in northern ireland, have more affinity to the scots than the english. without scotland, i do think northern ireland will become no more, and finally we will see a unified Ireland. as for wales, towns such as llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch will remain with england, but i really think that it's no longer "The United Kingdom". also the flag ought change to the red cross on a white field with a dragon
