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The problem with 'Devo-max'

14 May 2021

4:06 PM

14 May 2021

4:06 PM

A common failing of pro-Union politicians down the years has been the stubborn belief that there exists somewhere a tidy ‘solution’ to the problem of separatist nationalism. With new polling showing that ‘devo-max’ would comfortably win a three-way referendum, it appears to be silly season once again.

The history of unionism’s efforts to engineer decisive solutions to the challenges of separatism is an unhappy one.

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