"East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" quotes Den.

But if you follow on with the next lines you see that Kipling was actually saying something much more hopeful and relevant:

Oh East is East and Wst is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's own Judgement Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border not Breed nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth" I/>

Or from the Falls and the Shankill.

If English politicians ( and a few other outsiders)can stop stirring the fire for a generation, there's every reason for hope.