by inclination and probably most pro labour with a few Liberals ? Doesn't bear thinking about by the party numbers men at Fawlty sorry Millbank Towers in central London -- A veritable nightmare prospect for the Cameroonian little Englanders one would think;)? The object of politics is to receive a favourable vote in elections, not in NILT surveys. If the NILT percentage of approval can shoot up from 70% to 93%, it can also go down to 49%. Election results show a much more predictable trajectory, with support for Unionist parties declining from 66+%, percentage point by percentage point, year by year, to the current level of circa 49% (1st pref) and 51% (after transfers). If in the next election (Euro, 2014) Nationalists manage to win two seats, then people will begin to question whether partition is necessary. If they don't, then we can soldier on as before for a while; if they do, we have to start making serious contingency plans. Your thinking, as far as I can see, rests on three fallacies: 1) The NILT is accurate, and a better indication of what people truly believe than elections are; 2) The expression of approval for the continuance of the UKGBNI is permanent, and not conditional on Nationalists remaining a minority in the NI area; 3) That said approval will not change with changing circumstances. The terms 'north' and 'south' in Ireland are actually misleading. It gives the false impression of equal size and influence. The Republic encompasses nearly