Comments by "duncan smith" (@duncansmith7562) on "Is Brexit threatening peace in Northern Ireland? | DW News" video.

conspicuous by its absence, he failed to mention that Wales voted for Brexit. nice try though, as always, to pin all blame on England.
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no one is holding anyone captive. learn the basics.
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it is not Dublin's right to order the majority in Ulster to unite with the Irish Republic. Northern Ireland is a democracy and repeatedly votes for Unionist parties over Nationalist parties. learn the basics.
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@CoachKnapovicLifestyle the man's point was that Brexit happened against the wishes of NI and Scotland, pointing the finger at the English as the one nation of the 4 that voted Brexit. but it was 2 of the 4 nations that voted for Brexit. Both Wales and England voted for Brexit, so if any finger pointing needs to happen just make sure the Welsh take their share of the blame.
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@CoachKnapovicLifestyle obviously so, but the point made in the video was that only England voted for Brexit, and that is not true. Of the 4 nations in the UK, 2 voted for Brexit and voted against. If you want to discount the influence of the Welsh vote, then be fair, discount the influence of the NI vote and the Scottish vote.
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@Ilifansix how about you try that question again in English?
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@Ilifansix try and write that again in comprehensible English and we may get somewhere.
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@BreadAccountant of course, any fool knows that. that was not the point being made by the man interviewed in the video. he was whining that the smaller home nations, NI and Scotland, had voted Remain, and it was ONLY England that voted Leave. But that is not true. BOTH England and Wales voted "Leave". Of the 4 nations, 2 voted Leave and 2 voted Remain, so whining about the result is pointless.
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@jamesgreen1116 Sinn Fein was indeed the SINGLE party that received the most votes, but Unionist parties combined still have the political majority in NI. There is still a voting majority for Unionists in NI.
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@jamesgreen1116 no one is arguing about who would be first minister at Stormont. The issue at hand was whether the Unionists or the Nationalists have a majority of voters behind them, and your point was NOT which party is the largest single party, but that the majority of voters in NI now want union with Dublin, and that is untrue. The majority of voters in NI still want union with London. stop pivoting from your erroneous first comment.
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It's not England or the UK saying that Ulster belongs to the UK, it's something called democracy, whereby the majority of Northern Irish voters want to remain part of the UK. Of course, democracy never stopped NATO destroying a country in the past, so wouldn't be a big surprise if NATO decided to arm nationalist extremists in the hope of creating another bloodbath in the world.
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@eyespliced saying NI is occupied by the English is like saying Hawaii is occupied by the USA. it's nonsense. NI is NOT part of GB. NI is part of the UK. you clearly know nothing.
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the divisions in Ireland are returning because the EU cartel and Dublin can't accept free trade and insist on a customs border. Brexiteers are fine with keeping Ireland borderless and goods flowing across Ireland without hindrance.
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@arthurgoodness7865 clearly it IS difficult for you to comprehend! Brexit doesn't mean borders. It is the EU, which is a protectionist cartel, that INSISTS on borders. For example, look at the all the customs hysteria when you enter Spain from Gibraltar....the EU MUST search everything to stop cheaper goods entering the EU. Entering Gib from Spain, there are no searches. It is the EU's reaction to Brexit that means borders. Was this never explained to you?
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@stiofain88 the only reason the GFA was needed was because of Irish terrorists. The EU is irrelevant to the Unionist/Nationalist divide. The problems in Ireland date from the reign of James Vi, so blame the Scots and their plantation schemes!
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@stiofain88 no, it is not ENTIRELY the fault of any one person or any one group. There is plenty of blame to go round. I said the problems started with James VI of Scotland, not that he was entirely responsible. Reading comprehension not your strong point I see!
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@stiofain88 you can read, but reading comprehension is both reading and understanding. That I need to explain this to you shows you that it is not your strong point.
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@stiofain88 no one expects you to respect anything. what we expect you to do is honor and accept the signed agreements that recognize the 6 counties of NI to remain in union with GB. this was settled between the relevant democratically elected powers decades ago. if you don't respect such, then you must fight and die for the changes you want, and be prepared for the Unionists to fight back. if that is the kind of Ireland you want, go for it.
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@stiofain88 good to see you agree that Northern Ireland's status has already been decided by previous political agreements and that you no longer feel the need to lecture on "stealing other people's land". Nice pivot to a completely different issue. The Protocol contains a clause for renegotiation by either side, and that clause is being followed by the UK. Nice try. Frankly, given that it is Dublin and Brussels that insist on customs border controls, not UK, I would be happy to scrap the Protocol and let the protectionist cartel called the EU, backed by its lapdog, Dublin, re-establish border controls on Ireland, if that is how important they regard keeping out cheaper products from the UK to the citizens of the EU. All the perfidy comes from Brussels and Dublin, determined to keep the EU citizens away from cheaper goods.
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