Originally Posted by
Rjk
it will be, It is only a matter of time.
the demographics have been shifting significantly over the decades.
by the early 2000s there were already almost a majority of Catholic people in Northern Ireland, just many of them were too young to vote. this is probably what was the main driver to a peaceful process being successful - there wasn't a need for violence any more, and end was in sight.
Brexit as well has given reunification a further push, some people I'd spoken to who were unionists for economic reasons without strong feelings on the other aspects, were starting to change their mind as they would have preferred to have stayed in the EU
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