Tag: border poll
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Public consultation on unification referendums on the island of Ireland
The Constitution Unit is leading a Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland. Alan Renwick, Conor Kelly, and Charlotte Kincaid outline the purposes of the group’s work and the kinds of questions that it is asking.
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A Northern Ireland border poll
The prospect of a vote in Northern Ireland on Irish unity – a border poll, as it is often called – is more and more discussed. The Constitution Unit has published a report by Alan Whysall, Senior Honorary Research Associate of the Unit, which aims to set out the key issues, and stimulate discussion.
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Sharing the Island: Brexit, ‘No Deal’ and the Constitutional Future
In the case of a no-deal Brexit, people in Northern Ireland should be given an opportunity to express a view on future constitutional status says Professor Colin Harvey.
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Northern Ireland: how will the political stalemate end, and will there be a referendum to leave the UK?
Northern Ireland likely to have no government for the foreseeable future? Will direct rule from London be implemented? And are demands for a referendum on leaving the UK and uniting with the Republic of Ireland becoming harder to resist in the context of Brexit? Professor John Garry gives an overview of how events could unfold.