Vish has asked why is Ulster not part of Ireland ? Simple Vish the majority of the population see themselves as British and want to remain British even to this day the minority community (of which shaggy is part of that community) oppose this and in the past (and to an extent) the present some within the republican community oppose that democratic will by violence and murder
Stan forgot to mention how there is a small group of people on the island of Ireland who think they are British.
They were literally planted here by the English, being promised large areas of land in N. Ireland in particular in return for their allegiance to the English crown. Stan also declined to mention that the Irish people who owned that land were driven off it by heroic English soldiers.
The 6 counties was then created by Britain in the 1920's after loyalists threatened war if Home Rule for the entire island of Ireland, which had been passed by the British Parliament was introduced. Stan also calls this democracy. There are 9 counties in Ulster but the loyalists took only six to ensure that they would always have an electoral majority. Stan again calls this democracy.
In Co. Derry (one of the six counties) where there has always been a nationalist majority unionist politicians still controlled the council through a system of gerrymandering. This denied most Catholics the right to vote and gave many loyalists multiple votes. Stan yet again calls this democracy.
This 6 county state that Stan holds in such high esteem was described by its first PM as a Protestant state for a Protestant people. Not much inclusivity there.
