Regional and country: economic indicators (PDF; 10/09/2019) | Daniel Harari & Matthew Ward @commonslibrary
pp4-5 UK / England / Scotland / Wales / N. Ireland / North / East / North / West /
Population 2017, millions: 66.0 / 55.6 / 5.4 / 3.1 / 1.9 / 2.6 / 7.3 /
Total output (GVA) 2017, ￡ billions: 1,820 / 1,563 / 138 / 62 / 40 / 53 / 174 /
Total output (GVA) per head 2017, ￡: 27,555 / 28,096 / 25,485 / 19,899 / 21,172 / 20,129 / 23,918 /
Yorkshire and the Humber / East Midlands / West Midlands / East of England / London / South East / South West
Population: 66.0 / 5.5 / 4.8 / 5.9 / 6.2 / 8.8 / 9.1 / 5.6
GVA: 1,820 / 117 / 104 / 133 / 153 / 431 / 267 / 131
GVA per head: 27,555 / 21,426 / 21,845 / 22,713 / 24,772 / 48,857 / 29,415 / 23,499
Background Information on Northern Ireland Society – Economy, Finance, Industry and Trade | Fionnuala McKenna and Martin Melaugh @ CAIN
rough GDP – as a percentage of the UK: England 85, Wales 4, Scotland 8.7, Northern Ireland 2.3
GDP, UK regions and countries: October to December 2018 (05/09/2018) | @ONS
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | @obr_uk
Regional disparities in the United Kingdom (PDF; 2004) | John Bachtler @zbw_news
… The process of fiscal devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland began in 1998 with the passing of a Scotland Act, a Government of Wales Act and a Northern Ireland Act. …
Is Brexit Worth Scotland’s Independence? (08/01/2019) | @TheAtlantic
What Britain thinks about the Union | @WhatScotsThink
Regional devolution for Northern Ireland: What’s the big deal? (04/04/2019) | @AssemblyLibrary
GEOGRAPHY OF NORTHERN IRELAND | @ELTEEK
Brexit And The Union | @BritishAcademy_
How Brexit Could Lead to Breakup of United Kingdom (07/01/2016) | @TIME
What if the UK were to break up? A closer look at an English foreign policy (09/06/2017) | @LSEBrexit
How Brexit will remake the United Kingdom (10/15/2018) | @BrookingsFP
Brexit may spawn a full-blown UK Balkanization (03/11/2019) | @The Hill
Thanks to Brexit, America Could Now Colonize Great Britain (05/23/2019) | @observer
The Brexit zealots are on course to break up the union (06/25/2019) | @guardian
Farage says Brexit is more important than keeping the UK from splitting apart (07/04/2019) | @Independent
Conservatives are conditioning us to accept the breakup of Britain (07/13/2019) | @businessinsider
Will Brexit break Britain, and would England care? (23/07/2019) | @BBC
In Push to Leave One Union, U.K.’s Boris Johnson Risks Another (07/29/2019) | @nytimes
Could Boris Johnson’s ‘no-deal’ Brexit break up the United Kingdom? (07/29/2019) | @washingtonpost
Will Brexit Be the End of the United Kingdom? (07/29/2019) | @ForeignPolicy
Boris Johnson could be the last prime minister of the United Kingdom (03/08/2019) | @CNN
Jason Beattie: Could a UK break-up be price of Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit? (03/08/2019) | @DailyMirror
BREXIT – The Tories are conditioning us to accept the breakup of Britain (07/08/2019) | @TruePublica
Boris Johnson Love Bombs the Other Union (08/09/2019) | @bopinion
The Story of Boris and Vaclav, or How to Break Up the UK (08/22/2019) | @CarnegieEurope
Poll finds support for referendums that could break up union (15/09/2019) | @BelTel
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain? | @OpenUniversity
https://twitter.com/scotlandinunion/status/1174413954111741953
https://twitter.com/scotlandinunion/status/1174208638371733504
https://twitter.com/theSNP/status/1174362844390932480
https://twitter.com/IanBlackfordMP/status/1174292299918008326
We do apologise for the attitude of our somewhat repetitive and ill-informed 'leader', who seems to have forgotten about the vote in favour of a second referendum in the Parliament he sits in.
This is so embarrassing. https://t.co/vcGKEUSxdy
— Labour In Scotland (@ScotlandLabour) September 12, 2019
2014 Scottish independence referendum: Looking back at the vote that changed Scotland foreverhttps://t.co/GKGjtsQfV7
— The Scotsman (@TheScotsman) September 18, 2019
18 September 2014. Scottish voters said “No” to Scotland becoming an independent country in a referendum. pic.twitter.com/d43nzjJ5Zk
— Professor Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 18, 2019
Five years ago voters took to the polls to cast their vote on Scottish independence. Here, STV News' Bernard Ponsonby discusses what September 18, 2014 represented. https://t.co/3b6im8J3zg
— STV News (@STVNews) September 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/YesScot/status/1173250119338098688
Memo to Nichola Sturgeon: You can’t be “Independent in Europe”. You’re either independent, or in Europe. That’s the whole point of Brexit. https://t.co/QvCym1oEKJ
— Roger Helmer (@RogerHelmerMEP) September 16, 2019
Nippy's hopes for #Scexit look doomed.
Scotland needs a joint "Unionist" party to ensure the rotten SNP is ejected from office.https://t.co/OWt9VPGX9J
— Ramon Agusta, Esq. OBE (@ramonagusta) September 18, 2019
EU citizens experienced a ‘less hostile’ atmosphere in Scotland during referendum. https://t.co/voZdLVYXMB
— Christopher Desira (@cldesira) September 17, 2019
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says he asked Queen Elizabeth II to help the pro-"remain" side in Scotland's 2014 independence referendum. https://t.co/1gsbZQbM6D
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1093650450719694854
This day three years ago – 23 June 2016 – a referendum was held on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union.
11 of the 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland voted 'Remain,’ the highest being Foyle, where 78.3% of voters supported 'Remain.' pic.twitter.com/m235VAaYJm
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 23, 2019
It’s time Leo realised that the best way to a deal as we exit the EU is to address the flaws in the Withdrawal Agreement. Compromise should not be seen as weakness.
It was a UK question. Respect the referendum.
Northern Ireland had two “remain” MEPs before the election too. https://t.co/UNYvDPqjUE— Arlene Foster (@DUPleader) May 28, 2019
Northern Ireland’s economy is threatened by more than Brexit Some realities for proponents of a unity referendum https://t.co/nVuUswdQT8 via @IrishTimesBiz
— Henry Patterson (@patterson_henry) September 10, 2019
There were comments immediately after the referendum that the British had voted for a united Ireland. Now that the DUP has lost its leverage, does this happen? EU looks to Northern Ireland-only backstop to break Brexit deadlock https://t.co/6BUX8tRy7K
— John Authers (@johnauthers) September 10, 2019
"I have one question for people in the Republic who said they want a referendum on Irish unity: Are you mad? Northern Ireland is radically dysfunctional, implacably divided and politically shipwrecked; insular and immature to a pathological degree." Jaysus https://t.co/JrAvjBuwbB
— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) March 13, 2019
Summary: The backstop requires the EU to negotiate in good faith. If we want out of it, we can just leave Northern Ireland behind.
This is what happens when you hold a referendum on leaving the EU without mentioning that we're constitutionally bound to another EU country. https://t.co/rbPlWNNSZK— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) March 9, 2019
Super colleague and Northern Ireland Minister @JohnPenroseNews puts his finger on the disingenuous attempt by those trying to reverse the Referendum result (often having voted for every enabling Act) to sabotage the UK's negotiating position. https://t.co/kbHWAV8XPc
— Marcus Fysh MP (@MarcusFysh) February 23, 2019
Under the terms of the Good Friday peace accord of 1998, the incumbent Northern Ireland Secretary must call a referendum on ending partition if there is evidence of a shift of public opinion in the region in favour of Irish unityhttps://t.co/TudA7tamwn
— The National (@ScotNational) July 31, 2019
Sinn Fein calls for referendum on Northern Ireland leaving the UK ‘as soon as possible’ https://t.co/vojr9B0Ags
— Alan Jones (@alanindyfed) April 21, 2019
UK (Northern Ireland), Lord Ashcroft poll:
Irish Unification Referendum
Join the Irish Republic: 51% (+4)
Stay in the UK: 49% (-4)+/- vs. June 2018
Sample size: 1,542
Fieldwork: 30/08/19-02/09/19Chart: Lord Ashcroft polls#Brexit #NoDeal #NorthernIreland #IrishUnification pic.twitter.com/1hne2CdLkX
— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) September 11, 2019
Wow. If there were a referendum on a United Ireland tomorrow, 51% of Northern Ireland voters would back it, per this poll from @LordAshcroft (a statistical tie) https://t.co/aMyHm7aTHT
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 11, 2019
United Ireland would cost up to €30 billion a year and `collapse north's economy' https://t.co/AmAUIjmhsf
— The Irish News (@irish_news) September 17, 2019
"You've got to decide what #Brexit you want before you leave."
Former prime minister Tony Blair tells #Ridge a second referendum is still possible.
He also warned of "devastating" consequences for peace in Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal: https://t.co/LAn85tyQGL pic.twitter.com/LMTpDH9CyS
— Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) February 10, 2019
In today #FMQs Senedd Leader @MarkReckless said "Yet, your party, you, said you would respect the referendum. Yet now your policy is to go to the EU and negotiate a deal so you can campaign against it." pic.twitter.com/sg4NyQgOkv
— Brexit Party Wales (@PlaidBrexit) September 17, 2019
Car crash of an interview from Labour’s Shadow Lord Chancellor, Richard Burgon. Not a clue. Labour are taking their traditional supporters in Wales, the Midlands and the North for mugs. Only @Conservatives will respect the referendum and deliver #Brexit. pic.twitter.com/xr3YZTS0uH
— Andrew RT Davies (@AndrewRTDavies) September 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/WelshLabour/status/1164094803707080704
Strong statement from Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford on campaigning to remain in a final say referendum pic.twitter.com/axjo2pdKaL
— Kevin Brennan MP (@KevinBrennanMP) September 18, 2019
To recap: Plaid Cymru AMs, MPs & MEP back campaigning to Revoke Article 50 if General Election happens without a referendum; if Brexit happens, Plaid would campaign to rejoin EU as independent Wales. https://t.co/DNui0O2myt
— Adrian Masters (@adrianmasters84) September 17, 2019
"The best way of resolving the chaos is a referendum but if an election comes before a referendum, it will be a proxy referendum. Plaid Cymru will then give Wales the opportunity to vote for a party that is unequivocally for Wales remaining in the EU."https://t.co/UDK28oCDNW
— Plaid Cymru (@Plaid_Cymru) September 17, 2019
“We believe that preparations should begin for a referendum which will allow the people of Wales to decide their constitutional future." @Adamprice https://t.co/amFp3tHqsJ
— Plaid Cymru (@Plaid_Cymru) September 5, 2019
“If the PM crashes the UK out of the EU then a Scottish #indyref2 and #IrishUnity poll become almost inevitable.
We in Wales will need to be in a position to call our own independence referendum in a matter of months." @DelythJewellAM #indyWaleshttps://t.co/YyxNoE7XnQ pic.twitter.com/HJx5RyF2vp
— Plaid Cymru (@Plaid_Cymru) August 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/BBCRadioWales/status/1169150510450073600
Assembly Members have largely failed to represent the views of their constituents ever since the #Brexit referendum. The people of Wales voted to leave and that should be respected. https://t.co/UtsMLgAkSt
— Andrew RT Davies (@AndrewRTDavies) August 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/WalesOnline/status/1171450506876608517