Main Unionist party in NI may support SF's border poll idea

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You don't mean Professor Kenny Lindsay, who formed the British Ulster Dominion Party in the 1970s? That idea came from the hardline loyalist camp. A number of ideas came from the loyalist camp in the 1970s and 1980s, one of them being Northern Irish independence.

It's not a bad idea, but almost no-one in Northern Ireland either wants it or seriously considers it as an option. The staunchest advocate of it at the moment is David Kerr, a politician in Northern Ireland who is the head of a tiny national liberal and anti-EU party called Third Way. Before that, was involved with the National Front.

by the same token, those voting 'no' are in favour of greater London servitude.

No, they're voting for the status quo.

If Scotland left the UK, the UK would probably break up. England would then be a much more conservative country.

Yes South Africa left the commonwealth and rejoined it.

I know a fair bit about this subject, due to my dad's old job. NI is a part of the UK. Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is not a commonwealth realm yet, but a UK constituent of the Commonwealth of Nations.

I wasn't actually talking about Ireland rejoining the commonwealth. I was talking about Irish relations with an Independent NI.

Ironically relations between the UK an Ireland have never been better in modern history. The period when Ireland was in the Commonwealth it wasn't such a happy time.

We still technically allow Irish citizens to stand as a MPs, if they can get elected an pay the £500 deposit for submitting nominations papers.

I would imagine that in a UI, one of the things on the table - along with making the 12 July a national holiday - will be rejoining the Commonwealth.



All Commonwealth citizens can become MPs as well. So that means that if you're a Pakistani, Bangladeshi, South African, Australian, Canadian, New Zealander, Nigerian, Kenyan, Ugandan (etc) without British citizenship you can stand for the UK House of Commons. I think that this is an archaic gesture that needs to be done away with.

With Dave's referendum in 5 years the decision to leave Europe will invariably be made on their half, by in large thanks to the mass weight of euroscepticism and general toffiness in the home counties. Coupled with the decision to claw back workers conditions if this does not constitute servitude, i don't know what does.

Scotland's role in Europe, as with the other constituent nations should be decided by those resident in the constituent nations. Not by Lord Cecil Poncleby in Berkshire or Oxfordshire.

Aw diddums. If England becomes more conservative, perhaps dialectics would dictate a Greek style lunge to the left anyway.