…for fear of alienating the Unionist vote… #Brexit

A pivotal moment in the relationship of London and the European community, Unionist votes holding a precarious balance of power, Conservative government policy (including security policy in the north) subject to the need to keep the Unionist votes on side. While no-one seems to have drawn the parallel, we have been here before and the

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

I’ll just leave this here… You can read Carson’s original quote (from 14th December 1921) here.