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> My understanding is that the Irish motherland has always been wary of outright reunification. If it’s going to be shitshow, the Irish government would rather
by barry-cotter 4y ago
> My understanding is that the Irish motherland has always been wary of outright reunification.
If it’s going to be shitshow, the Irish government would rather it be the UK’s shitshow.
The government and people of Ireland are not the same. The government may have intense reservations about taking on a place guaranteed to need huge subsidies for decades at best. Doesn’t mean the people won’t vote for unification. More’s the pity.
- daedalus_f 4y agoJust to support your point, currently the Northern Ireland fiscal balance runs at a deficit of £10 billion per annum and has run a deficit since the Great Depression. [1] https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/how-dependent-is-stormont-on-westminster-subvention/ https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/how-dependent-is-stor...
- smcl 4y agoIs running a deficit not the norm in Europe?
- anonymousDan 4y agoWhich is ironic given it was historically the wealthiest part of Ireland pre-partition. If unification were to happen my money would be on it becoming much wealthier (module some kind of troubles 2.0 not kicking off - a big if!). Even if there was no reunification, I think they could be in a really strong position economically if they were to just accept the current NI protocol agreement. They would be in a very advantageous position with access to both the EU and UK markets. Maybe that is what the brexiteers are worried about as any improvement relative to the rest of the UK would provide concrete evidence of the economic impact of brexit. Of course it could go the other way!