[FRIAM] Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum - Wikipedia
Robert Holmes
robert at robertholmes.org
Mon Jan 28 11:45:27 EST 2019
I think that Sir Humphrey has the right idea
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/22/brexit-sir-humphrey-appleby-yes-minister>
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On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 11:24 AM Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:
> I find it amazing that, with all the discussion of the Irish border and
> the "backstop", the Northern Irish vote was overwhelmingly for Remain, not
> Exit!
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum#Northern_Ireland
>
> And the backstop thus far has resulted in either:
> - NI staying in the EU trade area, thus leaving the Irish border open, but
> creating a NI-UK border in the Irish sea
> - NI being exactly like the rest of UI, resulting in a hard Irish border.
>
> The link above was also surprising in the huge diversity of votes in *all*
> the various regions. And NI *and* Scotland voted Remain!
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum#Results_by_United_Kingdom_constituent_countries
>
> This is nuts!
>
> -- Owen
>
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