PeonForHer -> RE: Will the UK Conservatives ever form a government? (6/13/2017 2:45:59 PM)
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But if Sinn Fein were to adopt this policy it would be at the cost of a split in its own ranks. I don't see them paying that price for (what they would see as a) short term political advantage. I think they would, were it to come to even a whiff of a referendum on unification of the North and the Republic. That would be a long term political advantage, though. Split in the ranks - yes, quite possibly - but they've got used to having that for the sake of what's seen as long term advantage - it happened with the Good Friday agreement. Even the IRA split, with groups like the Real IRA forming. But it largely worked out, later. Politics in NI isn't the same as here in England - they assume that punch ups will be involved.
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