Perhaps voters are waiting to see the outcome of the negotiations, or maybe the economic reality of Ulster’s reliance on Great Britain is key to swing voters.
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A curious alignment of remainer Unionists and Scottish nationalists was convinced that Brexit would cause the end of the UK. Fortunately, they were wrong.
We cannot have a vote when all that is known is what legal deal has been agreed.
But more control should also be handed down to Scottish local authorities.
A third-rate leader like her – who can’t even run her schools properly – wants to make me a foreigner to my other half, and turn my home into “abroad”.
On the eve of our conference, it’s clear that the Labour Party and the Welsh nationalists have yet to wake up to last June’s result.
A third of 2014 Yes voters supported Leave last year. There is an opportunity to split them away from Scottish secessionism.
Everyone needs to be prepared for the hugely difficult times that we now face.
The most ominous portent for a second poll is that the No campaign has collapsed. It needs rebooting urgently.
“The evidence is that a majority of the Scottish people do not want a second independence referendum.”
It highlights primarily the increasingly difficulty capital-U Unionism faces appealing to a more diverse, less tribal Northern Ireland.
The Chancellor sounded as if he was auditioning for a role in the Christmas panto.
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Will the UK get a deal? Much depends on whether other European governments or the EU Commission take charge on the other side of the table.