""If Britain decided tomorrow to expel us, she should remember what happened in 1912 when Britain sought to expel the whole of Ireland.
The people of Northern Ireland not only said, "We don't wish to go, they said, "We won't go." And it paid off. So there's a message there: that the people of Northern Ireland have it within their power to say "We won't go." And they took action in 1912-that reversed the British government's attitude."

If that were indeed the case Jim then there would have been no Government of Ireland Act 1914 - would there. If a week is a long time in politics what do you reckon two years makes?

A temporary exclusion for six years was agreed to by ALL parties on the 8th July 1914 and that supersedes anything said in 1912.