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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Young

Reform-led government in UK could be an ‘accelerator’ to Irish unity – Varadkar

Matthew O’Toole and Leo Varadkar were among those at the Future of these Islands event in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Reform-led government in the UK that seeks to “double down on Brexit” could act as an “accelerator” towards Irish reunification, former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Ireland’s current Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan also suggested that a rise in English nationalism could influence the debate on Northern Ireland’s constitutional future and potentially bring forward the timing of any future referenda on unity.

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