"Let us hope that the first wobble "
Think you missed the point Ians
It was the first wobble that brought down the system of Empire - that's done and dusted.
As far as British/Irish relations - trouble will threaten as long as the border remains -
Old law of history - draw a line across a country and you create two potentially warring sides.
The line was beginning to disapear - Brexit came along and reminded people it was still there, hence the politicians running round like blue-arsed flies trying to repair the damage.
Brexit was the most divisive thing to happen within Britain, certainly since Thatcher's creating the North/South divide in England - which has got worse rather than better.
****** Brexit - I was at a Ballad conference in Limerick shortly afterward with a group of people from different countries - all asking "Why/"
Jim Carroll