Brexit breakdown: fear and anger on the Irish border | Anywhere but Westminster
399,072
Published 2019-02-13
Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► bit.ly/subscribegdn
In parts of the province where support for Remain and anxiety about what might now happen run deep, they find ghosts from the Troubles, passionate opinions, and a new crop of politicised young musicians, desperate to escape the pull of the past
The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► bit.ly/3biVfwh
Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► theguardian.com/first-edition
Website ► www.theguardian.com/
Facebook ► www.facebook.com/theguardian
Twitter ► twitter.com/guardian
Instagram ► www.instagram.com/guardian
The Guardian on YouTube:
Guardian News ► bit.ly/guardiannewssubs
Guardian Australia ► bit.ly/guardianaussubs
Guardian Football ► bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs
Guardian Sport ► bit.ly/gdnsportsubs
Guardian Live ► bit.ly/guardianlivesubs
#AnywhereButWestminster #Ireland #NorthernIreland #Brexit #politics #UK
All Comments (21)
-
"Irishman, Scotsman and Englishman at a bar, Englishman wanted to leave, so everybody had to leave" 🤣 😂 😂 😂
-
At 15:03 we have the whole problem in a nutshell. This DUP lady wants "Northern Ireland and the UK to be the way it was 40 years ago". I salute her honesty. Forty years ago Northern Ireland was the most unjust place in Western Europe with institutionalised discrimination in housing and jobs against the artificially-created minority. The state colluded in this, ably supported by the Westminster parties. The police were an instrument of oppression. The Unionists bated the minority communities every 12th July. They were kept in their place. Of course she wants to go back to that. That's all the DUP have to offer, the past, and it was shameful and awful. No thanks, ask the young people what they want. And you would think the Unionist community were the only ones to fight for Britain, they are still clinging to that empty myth 100 years on. 50,000 Irishmen from what is now the Republic of Ireland died fighting for Britain in WWI, tricked by the empty promise of Home Rule. Listen, there is no future in the past, especially in Northern Ireland. Stop hating, stop loathing and move on. A shared space, a fair society, a good life and prospects for the children of Northern Ireland. I'd vote for that over her implied acceptance of more bloodshed just to get what she wants.
-
When that woman said she would stand firm with the British, my first thought was, 'don't count on the British standing firm with you.'
-
"I don't even agree with the Good Friday Agreement". There you have it lads. The average DUP voter.
-
Fortunately, Ireland has the EU standing with them this time in history -- helping them to not be bullied by the brits
-
Argentinian living in the Republic (my Great-grandfather was Irish). Amazing doc. I’ve recently did a similar trip through the border and could experience this by first hand. The brits don’t have a clue about the border in NI and ROI, which is evidenced by their disregard to it. I hope this ends with an United Ireland at the end of the path. That I’d be finally living in an independent island of Ireland and having my children here. That would make my grandpa proud. 🇮🇪❤️ ☘️
-
That girl at 13:00 gives me hope for the future. A unionist with mostly nationalist friends who wouldn't mine if Ireland reunified. She would consider herself Irish. Arlene on the other hand calls herself British supports the England rugby team and does indeed want a border wall. I think we all know who's wrong here.
-
Token DUP nutter at the end there of course lamenting the good old days of a sectarian Northern Irish state. You couldn’t be up to them. Even the presenter was like WTF?
-
Never thought I'd see a united Ireland in my lifetime, now it seems like a real possibility.
-
Ah the DUP woman with the orange makeup. Her heart is so filled with hate 💔
-
16:00 That woman sums up the DUP. They didn't want the peace process because they saw equality as taking away from them. They see Brexit as a way to reassert dominance over the Nationalist minority. That's the DUP, not all Unionists. Look at them now. Not only are they the only party to have power in NI, they also hold the power in UK parliament.
-
"Who came up with this idea in 1921?" Eh... England buddy.
-
Ah ya..the good old days. Ex UDR member wants it to go back to what it was 40 years ago. 1979: 76 fellow service men and police killed, 36 innocent civilians and a smattering of paramilitaries. But we were in charge eh? No parades commission, no civil rights legislation, no human rights legislation, no jobs for taigs.
-
God save us from that blood thirsty woman from the DUP.
-
This is one of the best episodes by far
-
As an English remainer, I'm sorry Ireland - we (Mainly Jacob Rees Mogg, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and all of their rich friends) threw you under a bus. I never thought I'd say this but: An Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.
-
Wish there was a longer doc with this guy.
-
15:07 „I want NI and UK the way they were over 40 yrs ago.”... that’s it right there. At least in terms of GDP she’ll be correct.
-
Notice how much smarter the people here are compared to John's videos of English people. They should check the water supply in England.
-
Astonishing that a someone who represents the DUP would advocate a return to violence if Ireland becomes united.