Breakup of the U.K.

[meridian]

The Torygraph calls for the breakup of the United Kingdom.

First step NI. Any other country, region, or county not pulling their weight will be next (waves at Wales, Cornwall, and anywhere north of Watford)....

[Mordac]

Whose opinion is that (it's presumably not an editorial piece)?
Knowing who said that makes answering the question easier (or not).

[ladymuck]

Written by someone called David Green and the first paragraph references some poll by Lord Ashcroft. The rest is behind a paywall despite trying the Google the title trick

Northern Ireland is a burden on the rest of the UK. We can't let it get in the way of Brexit


EDIT: someone copy/pasted the article onto Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/northernire...e_rest_of_the/

[meridian]

Whose opinion is that (it's presumably not an editorial piece)?
Knowing who said that makes answering the question easier (or not).

David Green is a Director of Civitas

Civitas (think tank) - Wikipedia

Civitas, originally based at 77 Great Peter Street,[1] is now based at 55 Tufton Street, in the same premises as Business for Britain and where Vote Leave was originally registered.

Hth.

[Mordac]

Civitas (think tank) - Wikipedia



Hth.

Thanks. I was expecting to find he was historically in favour of a united Ireland or something similar. It seems he's actually so pro-Brexit that whatever happens to NI is "collateral damage", and has come up with some numbers to support that view.
I'm working my way through the comments.

[meridian]

Thanks. I was expecting to find he was historically in favour of a united Ireland or something similar. It seems he's actually so pro-Brexit that whatever happens to NI is "collateral damage", and has come up with some numbers to support that view.
I'm working my way through the comments.

*Tin foil hat on*

They come out of the same location as several other “low regulation” outfits, eg Taxpayers Alliance, etc.

Their driver for Brexit appears to be the opportunity for a race-to-the-bottom type firesale of regulations and standards. Right-wing capitalism and exploitation of the weakest.

YMMV.

[scooterscot]

Wow - Just wow.

It'll be 20 years before some semblance of the life in England we once knew returns.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Wow - Just wow.

It'll be 20 years before some semblance of the life in England we once knew returns.

Thankfully I'll be dead by then.

[scooterscot]

Thankfully I'll be dead by then.

Terminal illness?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Terminal illness?