Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
âWhy would we want to be part of the UK?â Young people will probably soon deliver a united Ireland | Emma DeSouza
Disillusioned with Stormont and Brexit, 18 to 24-year-olds want progressive change – and don’t see it happening in the union, says writer Emma DeSouza
www.theguardian.com
The gap between generations is growing. Forty-five percent of respondents to the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey aged 18 to 24 identified as more Irish than British, in stark contrast with the 15% of 18 to 24-year-olds who identified as unionist. It is of little surprise that 41% of respondents over 65 years old identified as more British than Irish, with this age cohort also leaning predominantly unionist (43%). The stark difference is due to a tectonic shift in societal consciousness and a growing appetite for progressive politics.
An interesting perspective on the future of Ireland.
Ulster is a backward anomaly. A theocracy ruled by conservative unionists.
And now young people have had enough. They want the benefits of living in a modern progressve society..
Far better than living under the yoke of climate denying,hompophobic knuckle drsggers.
A united progressive Ireland is certainly preferable to a moribund conservative Britain.
Good luck to them.
