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Why do many Britons want to keep northern Ireland in the U.K.?

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Jeremy Corbyn and some of his left wing comrades analyze the world using old socialist/communist rhetoric. For them Northern Ireland was acquired as a piece of empire and as such like India or Kenya when there was insurrection, the default position was to believe this was part of a justifiable independence movement. read more

As for uniting the island a considerable majority in the North do not want this to happen, and as long it is peaceful, most of the rest of the British electorate are at worst apathetic about its status- and at best as in the case of the ruling Conservative and Unionist Party- the clue is in the name- enthusiastic for Northern Ireland to retain its British status. read more

The vast majority of those who support remaining part of the UK see themselves as decendents of Britons who came to Ireland as part of the Ulster Plantations, and want to keep a political link with Britain. read more

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EU demands to keep Northern Ireland in single market ...
Source: dailymail.co.uk