[slhill]

The UK (not English) government would *love* to get out of NI, which costs it an absolute fortune and is no end of trouble. However, that wouldn't solve the problems of NI as there are lots and lots of Unionists there. No-one (alright, very very few people) wants a civil war. So we have to find a solution that both nationalists and unionists can live with.

[Benson_Carter]

so if it costs a ton of $$$ to stay there, and they don't really want to be there, and polls show that blokes back home across the pond don't want to be a part of that mess anymore, please explain why they haven't packed up and gone home post haste.