EU 27 agree Brexit negotiating stance

It was partitioned in agreement by both Ireland and the UK,

A very simplistic view of Irish history. The treaty was and remains totally worthless and invalid in International Law: both because it was signed under duress and because the delegates had no right to sign it anyway: their only function was to negotiate an agreement and then initial it to confirm that the text was correct. However the British at once announced that a treaty had been concluded and the matter was now closed.

In Ireland nobody wanted the treaty, but the country divided on what to do about it. Some urged De Valera to arrest the delegates and arraign them for treason, but Dev was basically too timid a man to take such a radical step. Others thought it could be used as a 'stepping stone' towards freedom by using the Boundary Commission, which turned out to be a charade set up by the British from day one. No-one accepted partition. Even Collins was filtering arms to the IRA in the North-East until the week of his death.

when the people that actually live there decide, in majority

Ireland is a nation which consists of thrity-two counties. If you ask the people of Ireland, there is no doubt that an empathic majority would say: 'We want independence and an Irish Republic.'

Essentially you're allowing minority hold the veto on the unity of Ireland.

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