In reply to Removed User:
> You question is based on the false premise that the people of Northern Ireland want to be unified with the Republic of Ireland. That isn't the case. There was a 25 year long civil war about it that was brought to an end by a thing called The Good Friday Agreement.
No, it's based on the fact that apparently 68% of NI want it. Whether this is a reaction to Brexit, but it seems pretty high.
If you think the NI troubles have only lasted 25 years then I'm afraid it's you that needs the history lesson.
But, my point was less about the correctness of reunification, and more about the only basis for Brexit being the will of the people, and not economic, geopolitical or any other argument.
Again with Gibraltar - we see the argument of local vote used to overrule any other argument.
Edit:
The article citing 68% has no source, but Wikipedia does. The margin is nowhere near as clear, but a Brexit with a hard border pushes the vote in favour of reunification, it's slim but if we're screwing the future on 52% result anyway....
Post edited at 19:26