"It is not the job of we English to either run countries or tell the occupants of those countries how they should be run - that should have gone with the Empire and Ireland is proof that it hasn't."

And as far as I am aware the English have no say whatsoever in the "running" of Ireland North or South.

Also as far as I am aware Ireland will only ever be "united" when the population of Northern Ireland demand a referendum and vote for unification and the population of the Republic hold a referendum to agree to that unification - I would say that that comprehensively canvasses the opinions of the occupants of the island of Ireland both North and South of the border.