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Opinion poll finds nearly two-thirds in Northern Ireland would vote to rejoin the EU (www.irishnews.com)
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Weighted to reflect the population, 62% chose to rejoin, 35% to stay out while 3% were unsure or offering no opinion.

In the original 2016 referendum, the UK-wide result narrowly passed Brexit by 51.89%. At the time in north, 56% of voters had chosen to remain with 44% choosing to leave.

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[-] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

This issue with that is Wales and Northern Ireland haven't been independent territories either.

England conquered them. They haven't voluntarily joined a union, they have been conquered.

Northern Ireland with "power sharing" meaning they cannot elect a democratic parliament is essentially is run as a colony. The only caveat being they do have seats in the UK parliament.

Wales is a semi-autonomous part of England with a local government having some say but no ultimate control should the national government decide against something. Again they have seats in the national parliament so they aren't a colony.

Essentially in any other place Wales would be just part of England, not a separate country. Not a separate territory as there's no significance to the border except a historical one.

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