After Brexit, What s Left for Northern Ireland s Unionists?
For the first time in history, only a minority of members elected to the U.K. Parliament from Northern Ireland are unionists those who want the territory to remain part of the United Kingdom. The region s main Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, continues to air demands for a referendum on Irish unification a so-called border poll. This, combined with the recent electoral changes and the English public s decisive endorsement of Prime Minister Boris Johnson s plan for Brexit may have profound implications for the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.