Could Brexit bring an end to the United Kingdom?
This week, Irish comedian Patrick Kielty tore apart Tory MP Boris Johnson for a nonsense Brexit solution that he published in his Telegraph column.
Kielty knows better than most the tragedy caused by The Troubles. His own father was shot dead in 1988 by paramilitary forces.
Still, it doesn’t take a genius to notice that Boris Johnson, like many other British MPs, seems utterly clueless about the Irish border, the Good Friday Agreement, and why a hard border must be avoided at all costs.
On Friday evening, Kielty took to Twitter with a 20-point thread, breaking down all the details that politicians like Johnson seem to be so oblivious of.
Kielty notes: “Thanks to your glorious Brexit vision Northern Ireland will become more divided as some form of economic border checks will become part of daily lives. Your Brexit lies have opened a Pandora’s box for Northern Ireland. It’s one reason why the majority of people in NI voted to remain in the EU (almost as if they knew more about the fragile equilibrium of their politics than you)”.
“Barely mentioned before Brexit, a border poll is now inevitable thanks to your monumental ignorance. The poll will be much closer thanks to your Brexit folly and could easily be lost by Unionists, breaking up the UK”.
You can read Kielty’s analysis in full below.
2. These Irish Nationalists don’t see themselves as British but rather inconveniently as Irish (who knew?)
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
4. The Good Friday Agreement ended that violence by the following devious magic –
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
6. This cunning plan was sold to us on the basis that we were all part of the EU therefore fixation on nationality was so last World War.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
8. Thanks to your glorious Brexit vision Northern Ireland will become more divided as some form of economic border checks will become part of daily lives.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
10. If they take place in the Irish Sea some Unionists will be livid. However they'll still support being part of the UK (the clue is in the Unionist bit)
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
12. Barely mentioned before Brexit, a border poll is now inevitable thanks to your monumental ignorance.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
14. The poll will be much closer thanks to your Brexit folly and could easily be lost by Unionists, breaking up the UK.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
16. The EU is not responsible for your blundering lack of foresight. Like most people in Northern Ireland they were happy with the status quo.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
18. You will be remembered not as the Churchillian visionary you delude yourself to be but the ignoramus who triggered the break up of the UK.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
20. Meantime, if you’re so concerned about keeping Northern Ireland totally aligned with the rest of the UK where’s your support for our same sex marriage and women’s right to choose? Your silence is deafening.
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) September 28, 2018
