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Oct 22, 2021 10 tweets 10 min read Read on X
The #Protocol on IRL/NI was agreed 2 years ago, with a key objective of avoiding a hard @BorderIrish

But what has #Brexit been like for people living along the #border?

We @QUBSSESW @europe_icban @UKandEU investigated…
And our report is out today!
tinyurl.com/AfterBrexit
1/10 Cover of Border After Brexit report
This is our 4th QUB/ICBAN report since the 2016 referendum.

The study involved an online #survey of those living/working in the Central Border Region.

Our survey received c400 responses, equally spread either side of the border. There were also interviews & focus groups.

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We are VERY grateful to each of the respondents to this survey.

It took a time to complete because we insisted on getting comments/views/examples…

And hence the report is another fairly hefty one, as the #Contents show.

The focus is on giving space/voice to respondents.

3/10 Contents pages of the report
Headline findings from the responses to the #survey – bearing in mind this is a large but not a representative sample – are as follows:

First, #Brexit is still seen as major topic of importance by 86% of our respondents -

It's a live & lived issue north & south.

4/10 Bar chart of results showing relative importance of Brexit t
And the impact of #Brexit has worse or much worse than expected for half our respondents, with only 14% saying it was better than they had feared.

This is notable cos we know from our previous QUB-ICBAN reports they expected it to be bad. 😬
(e.g. tinyurl.com/TheBorderIntoB…)

5/10 Pie chart showing impact of Brexit worse than expected for 1
And what has that impact been? This is where the comments come into their own.

Obvs, the experience of the #Protocol is a factor here too.

While respondents point to #economic effects, it's the consequences for #social & political relations they're most concerned about.

6/10 quotations from respondents on economic and social impacts
The greatest concerns expressed by respondents (from all backgrounds & both sides of the border) are for:
* political #stability in NI,
* North/South #cooperation, &
* #community relations in the border region.

This is reflected in what they feel most pessimistic about...

7/10 Chart showing most pessimism over good relations between com
Despite the #Protocol's purpose, over half our respondents believe that there might yet be a #hard Irish land #border.

A repeated theme is that of #uncertainty & instability – a sense that the poor UK-EU rel'ship & British-Irish tensions are having effect on the ground.

8/10 Chart showing 57% think there may be a hard Irish border in
To learn more detail on positive & negative views of Brexit/the Protocol, specific challenges for cross-border cooperation, the views of Leave-voters in the border region, the experience of EU migrant workers, the impact of Covid at the border...
👇👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-border-aft…
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Meantime, this is evidence, if it were needed, for @DavidGHFrost & @MarosSefcovic that the talks they're having on the #Protocol are being watched nervously by those who far from London & Brussels, Dublin & Belfast, but who are still most directly affected by the outcome.

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Sep 22, 2022
It would be weird if a political sociologist in N.Ireland didn't have something to say about the #NIcensus2021 results released today, wouldn't it?!
& a pity if there weren't slides to go along with those comments...

So, here we are, a thread of nine.
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nisra.gov.uk/publications/c…
NI population is up, more households with fewer people in each (2.44 ave).

There is more ethnic and language diversity than before but, oh my, it's still not very much.
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"How would you describe your national identity" - a comparison here between 2011 & 2021.
A drop in British only (down 8 percentage points), and a rise in Irish only (up by 4 % points).
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May 28, 2022
*Thank you* for every tweet & supportive msg re: the slurs on my academic integrity

I'm not important, but information, evidence & facts are.

In honour of that, here's a🧵correcting false claims in @bbcquestiontime on #Protocol [16:22-38:50] #bbcqt
1/22
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
There were statements made that some will disagree with or view v. differently.

& Each panellist @RobertBuckland @peterkyle @johnfinucane @little_pengelly @naomi_long made some statements that were true.

No need for me to repeat those ones, with two interesting exceptions…
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@little_pengelly claimed @allianceparty had called for "rigorous implementation" of the Protocol [33:05]

As @naomi_long said, it was re: UKG previous intention to break intl law in Sept 20

NB the phrase was used by *4* party leaders & @MarosSefcovic
3/
reuters.com/article/uk-bri…
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May 26, 2022
Latest N.Ireland Life&Times #NILTSurvey results are out!📊

NI’s leading social attitudes survey.
Randomised sampling.
Individual interviewing.
1,397 respondents.

All results here: ark.ac.uk/nilt/

Here's 6 findings on political attitudes to pique your interest -
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First up, everyone’s talking about the Belfast/Good Fri Agmt these days. What does NI really think about it?

2/3 see it as still the best basis for governing NI

Most want further implementation (Bill of Rts, Civic Forum)

Most want some reform too e.g. Petition of Concern
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Now then what about that other international agreement of some consequence for N.Ireland?

Knowledge of the #Protocol rose from 47% in 2020 to 65% in 2021.

Support for it rose too.

In 2021 people became more opinionated about the Protocol. Read our @ARK_info report for more
3/8 Chart showing 1/3 think Pro...
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May 4, 2022
Predicting the outcome of the Assembly #Election in N.Ireland is straightforward enough if you know how.

There are a handful of key factors to bear in mind.

Nail all of these & you’ll be way ahead of the game come results day 🤓
#AE22 🏖️

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#1: the Issues 📝
What concerns are raised on the door steps? On the airwaves? Social media? Street demos?

What real life problems are addressed in the manifestos?
What policies are dissected in political debate?

Find the common thread across these & ... oh 😶

Moving on💨
2/8
#2: the Parties🥳

What do the polls say [& do they tally]?
How trusted are their leaders, & how secure are they?
How did they perform in the last mandate?
Have they made major blunders?
Are they running too many or too few candidates?
How transfer-friendly are they, to whom?
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Feb 17, 2022
Serious concerns about growth of executive power & weakening rule of #law & #humanrights protection are closer to home than Hungary or Poland ⚠️

I'm proud to be part of the UK Constitution Monitoring Group, whose 2nd report is issued today @Con_Soc
👇
1/5 consoc.org.uk/publications/t…
In summary -
UK govt intent on reducing already-insufficient checks and balances on ministerial power.
2/5
Raft of new bills show nature of the UK Govt's agenda for constitutional reform.
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Jul 2, 2021
My wee book on the Irish border is out!

Inc. Irish #borders of land, sea, mind, & (gawd 'elp us) tech

Endorsed by its subject, @BorderIrish 🤩
the most sound & stand-out social scientists & journalists in GB & Ireland 😍
& the Primate of All-Ireland 😇

us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/what…
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