"Ending the incorporation of Northern Ireland in the UK and the reunification of Ireland are two different issues"
Not intentionally - inevitably
These issues have become entwined due to Brexit, which threatens the economies and the social well-being of both the North and the South (and, to some extent Scotland) - from the very beginning it was suggested that Brexit would break up the United Kingdom
Northern Ireland has not had a Governing body for nearly two years, the D.U.P. has been caught up in scandals, has been under pressure after the Abortion vote in the South, no longer holds an overall majority and is faced with a situation where the desire for a United Ireland has shot up to near parity
Given the right conditions, Ireland can move to reunification naturally and without too much trouble - nearly a century overdue.

The now extremely unstable British Government is in the ridiculous position of not being able to survive without bribing a Party that cannot itself survive without the co-operation of other parties - At a time when Britain desperately need a united and coherent leadership and the goodwill of the British British people (who are not even trusted enough be given the right to re-confirm that their decision to leave Europe is still valid), it is as far away from any of that as sending a probe to Alpha Centuri   

What a fine ******* mess they've got us into Ollie
Jim Carroll