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by gerikson 1305 days ago
.ie? Already used by Ireland.
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Correct and the breakup of the UK will likely lead to a United Ireland. The real question is what will England use for a TLD? They've never considered their place in the world that isn't in reference to the UK or GB because to them the two are interchangeable.
Counterpoint: England’s national teams in the country’s most popular spectator sports (football, cricket, rugby) are all “England”.
> Correct and the breakup of the UK will likely lead to a United Ireland.

Will it? I know some Northern Irish who would not on board with that.

Some, of course — this is why it hasn't already happened. However, in the last NI census:

32% identified as British only, 29% identified as Irish only and 20% as Northern Irish only.

In 2011, the figures were 40% British only, 25% Irish only and 21% Northern Irish only.

I think you're reading a "without bloodshed" into the sentence that's definitely not in there.
> Correct and the breakup of the UK will likely lead to a United Ireland

Unless things go really pear-shaped in the UK, this is unlikely within the next twenty years.

Things have been going very pear-shaped in the UK for at least 6 years now.
> Unless things go really pear-shaped in the UK

That doesn't seem terribly unlikely in within the next twenty years.

Things would need to be really, really bad for the Unionist population of NI before they'd vote to join Ireland. I'm honestly not sure that anything bar the total collapse of the other island would do it, tbh ;)
Things weren't particularly bad, and the UK managed to vote itself out of the EU and into recession. All you need is a single vote and a particularly apathetic populace to change the political landscape forever.
I strongly encourage you to visit Northern Ireland and talk to people (even just see the peace walls) as this is far more like the 18th century than it is like the 21st (in the sense that religion/ethnicity/history is the predominant driving force behind voting patterns).
So... England will not be part of the FUK (former UK)?
.ei - eastern Ireland