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One chapter of the interim #Report on Irish unification referendums @ConUnit_UCL contains analysis of public #opinion polls & surveys in NI, GB & Ireland on the subject. 📊📈📉
Do see the report for the details & sources, but here's a snapshot...
bit.ly/3nWfRiC
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Do see the report for the details & sources, but here's a snapshot...
bit.ly/3nWfRiC
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There's been a narrowing of the gap in recent yrs btn pro-Union & pro-Unity responses, & an increasing proportion think a united Ireland will happen at some point.
But if a #referendum were held tomorrow in NI, the combined evidence wouldn’t point to a clear majority Yes vote
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But if a #referendum were held tomorrow in NI, the combined evidence wouldn’t point to a clear majority Yes vote
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Online polling shows higher support for unification than interview-based surveying, even when don’t knows are excluded. 📊
It is important to bear these methodological differences in mind in assessing this evidence. But both types have their place.
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It is important to bear these methodological differences in mind in assessing this evidence. But both types have their place.
3/8
If there was to be a #BorderPoll, how shd it best be designed & conducted?
A gp of academics convened to answer that Q… & we found it to be far from straightforward*
Here’s our interim report bit.ly/3nWfRiC
+a few thoughts
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*Not just cos we like complicating things
A gp of academics convened to answer that Q… & we found it to be far from straightforward*
Here’s our interim report bit.ly/3nWfRiC
+a few thoughts
1/8
*Not just cos we like complicating things
The Working Gp was excellently chaired & expertly run… but it was no easy task.
Not just due to our various views/disciplines, but cos there was almost no element that cd not be interpreted in different ways.
Each part of this #report was laboriously debated & discussed.
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Not just due to our various views/disciplines, but cos there was almost no element that cd not be interpreted in different ways.
Each part of this #report was laboriously debated & discussed.
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We learned that legal matters were one thing (😬) but if we also try to adhere to the #1998Agmt in underlying principles, it becomes even more challenging.
This is only right.
Inclusivity, consensus, British-Irish cooperation… remain essential.
They are also hard-earned.
3/8
This is only right.
Inclusivity, consensus, British-Irish cooperation… remain essential.
They are also hard-earned.
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