The DUP's policy on 'fairies ' seems indeterminate and their position on 'fairies ' marrying each other would sound like %#@*@*&*^ to the sensitive ear ! 'So that's the difference that 3 years has made. ' I'm beginning to think Alias that you may be a 'unicorn 'with one important difference . Your 'horn' is growing from the outside in and thus has had consequences for your judgemental capacities 3 years in Irish or British or in any history is a short time in a purely timeframe sense but 3 years can be enough to change the course of history for a nation . England 1064 as compared to England 1067 . Ireland 1918 Ireland 1921 . Ireland 1842 -Ireland 1845 , are but three examples . But I would'nt equate the 3 years post 2008 with any of the above listed historical events which indeed changed the course of history both for Ireland and Britain and the relations between both islands . 'And that constituency of pressure is to remain within the UK (or extend the UK to all of the island).' I don't doubt the 'unionist ' desire to remain part of the larger political unit of the UK nor would I state that the island of Ireland in it's entirety will never in a thousand or three years rejoin the UK . The fallout from the worldwide economic recession and the subsequent Euro crisis -property bubbles -- Wall St gangsterism etc are still ongoing and thus 3