Scotish independence

[Magda Hassan]

I wonder what Ireland would vote.

There's only the rump of Northern Ireland that is part of the UK. Eire, as you know, is an independent state. Ulster is fiercely Unionist, apart from the Catholic minority that hates the British, for their historical cruelty there. If Scotland had gone independent, I would have suggested Wales might've followed, but not Northern Ireland.

There never was such a creature as 'Northern' Ireland. Never existed in any way historically at any time. Just Ireland. What is now called Northern Ireland was what Britain refuse to let go of when the the Irish fought for their independence. And it has nothing to do with sentimentality about the people being majority protestants. The crown was quite happy to sacrifice protestants in the rest of Ireland. What made this place so special was the industry and the money that was invested in it. They were never prepared to let that go.