Is it not the case that Sinn Féin has opted out since the Brexit decision? It has played on that decision, making a calculation that it will stay out of the Northern Ireland Assembly while playing up fears of a hard border and a hard Brexit to provoke talk about a border poll, which plays well to their constituency. However, as the Secretary of State has often said, there is not going to be a border poll because there is no evidence that people want to change the status of Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Budget Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lady Hermon
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 November 2017.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland Budget Bill.
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