Brexit's Irish Question

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2. Sowing the wind ....

Most of my life has been spent in London during the 'troubles' when Muslims had never been heard of but IRA bombers were the atrocities du jour. The stupid stupid people that voted Brexit may have their heads chock full of cliches like 'taking our country back' and 'getting control of our sacred sovereignty' which is why there was no space for the Irish Question and the possibility of renewed violence on the mainland and in N. Ireland itself.
They will learn, and it will be too late.

Two things - (1) the Unionists/Protestants hate the Catholics/Irish more than the current Democrats and Republicans in the US and vice versa. The last 20-odd years have buried these difference under the carpet but there is always going to be a buried dislike and it will only take a minor incident to dig up the violence; it only takes a few small groups to be active.
and (2) very very few people in England show interest in Ireland. Never have and never will.

It will - I hope - be a source of constant agony to these stupid politicians for the rest of their careers. At times I wonder how we managed to have a huge Empire,seeing these incompetent minnows ruling their puddle in this century.

At least we don't have Trump. Sigh.