Should Northern Ireland Be quietly left out of the UK?

Question

24 November is D Day for NI politicians to agree on Devolution. Since it looks likely that they wouldn't - should the UK government quietly withdraw from NI and forget about it as part of the UK.

Autumn - I do frequently - I live in NI

Answer 1

The U.K Goverment cannot just walk away at this point in the process much as i feel they would like to. Is it not about time Britain faced up to its responsibilitys in N.I. The majority of politicians are prepared to sit together and try to create a N.I. free from the old bigotory and sectarianism. The bigotory and sectarianism was what kept certain partys in power over the years and it is fear of losing these powers that stops them from sitting down with all parties and sharing the power they so viciously defended over the years. When the British goverment shows the world who these bigots are and deals with them accordingly then and then only will they be in a position to withdraw with dignity and leave behind them a real peace. peace is not only the absence of violence it also requires the presence of political and social stability brought about in a democratic manner. Bigotry has no place in such a society it must be rooted out and be seen to be rooted out. N.I. is not an irish problem it is a British problem, created by the British, and fuelled by succesive British goverments (not the British People). No they cannot quitely withdraw there are too many issues they must resolve first , but putting a timetable foreward on resolving the issues would go a long way towards restoring N.I. to its proper status as an integral and welcome part of a 32 County Ireland , Democratic and Free.

Answer 2

Firstly Northern Ireland is not an occupied country, very few soldiers here now, and the people occupying it are all from NI.

The majority of the people living here wish to remain part of the United Kingdom.

Ireland as an island has never been a nation, except under British rule prior to partition in 1922. So the idea of an Irish Nation is similar to Canada and the USA becoming one.

The Good Friday Agreement has now set legal president that the people of NI must vote to be part of the Republic of Ireland and the people of the Republic of Ireland must vote to have NI, until that time, if ever, NI will remain part of the UK.

The current stalemate in devolution is tricky and basically down to 30 years of murder mayhem, its very hard to trust someone who spent so long killing your people. In time devolution will come, must people want it and the parties will deliver in the end or they will be voted out, and NI will be governed by people from NI for the people of NI.

Answer 3

They will go to the wire and then agree. You forget they are politicians and, if they don't agree they lose not only their political power but their very substantial salaries.
The ones that are holding the process up are the Unionists as they see themselves as forever British. But at the end of the day they have got to accept the inevitable, Northern Ireland is, geographically part of the island of Ireland (Eire).
Both North and South are both in the EU now so what is their problem?
Having said that the Irish economy is doing so well I don't know if they'd like to be burdened with the North.

Answer 4

The idea of uniting Northern Ireland with the Republic is the same as uniting England Wales and Scotland and calling in Britain.

The North and South both have different cultures and different people.

So No.

Answer 5

Absolutely not.
Firstly,NI is not "Occupied".The British were invited.Check your history.
Secondly,too many innocent people have had their lives ruined or even lost their lives thanks to the attrocities commited by the ira over the years for the British Govt to just walk away.
For many years the so called "Republicans" have been no more than organized crime.Boosting the money they got from certain parts of the US with their profits from drugs,prostitution etc.
I look forward to the day when the leaders of sinn fein finally stand trial for the crimes they have commited and that have been commited with their knowledge and in their name

Answer 6

As a proad Irish born citizen the U.K government should have already withdrew from the north of ireland as for it has nothing to do with them.The British government should hand back the north to the rightful owner and give the irish there freedom back.

Answer 7

You should pose that question to the people who live in Northern Ireland and see what response you get.

We owe them a lot believe me. Not forgetting about them we should be giving the people of Northern Irelnad back their own identity.

Answer 8

I can't imagine how people of Ireland feel towards the British government in regards to northern Ireland. Must be horrible! Why don't the British just give it back?

Answer 9

as you know Ni is a very complex politically and it should be left to the people of Ni to decide if they want to leave the UK .and also Ni is part of the UK government ... so don't think you thought this question through enough b4 posting it .....

Answer 10

Maybe. They complained about the stopover fueling of US/Cia rendition planes that carry people who are kidnapped and not charged with crimes so they could continue to fly the victims to be tortured in third countries. How dare Northern Ireland complain after all the Bush Administration has done for them!