Yes Keith but my point was that although many people may currently want the status quo in Northern Ireland it does not mean that they are necessarily very strong unionists or that they would not accept the outcome of a vote! If we are to believe that social survey then 83% of the people in Northern Ireland do not see themselves as very strong unionists and 71% do not see class themselves as unionist at all. Hence there is a softer underbelly of people supporting the status quo and no doubt a great many would at least theoretically be open to persuasion. Isn't that what democracy is all about?

Hence of course people can campaign for that so I don't get "the people have spoken enough times on this" thing. Democracy doesn't end at one specific time. It is ongoing so people can speak about issues as much as they want. There can be major changes in opinion over relatively short periods of time. For instance at the start of the Scottish referendum no-one gave the Yes side a hope in hell and they were lagging well behind in the polls. Around the time of the signing of the Edinburgh Agreement in 2012 they were only at around 30% and some had them in the 20s but by Sept 2014 they were hotting 49% in one poll and ended at 45%. So a massive swing to yes during the campaign itself. So with all that is happening there is every possibility that the support for a united Ireland could mushroom during a run up to a referendum. Especially as there is such a high proportion of people who don't class themselves specifically as either unionists or nationalists then both sides have potential voters in big numbers.