Star Trek once predicted the Irish Reuinification in 2024

[Madner Kami]

And once again, Star Trek was on the cutting edge of predicting the future, because as of today, Northern Ireland formed a new government after a 2 year long blockade by the DUP was finally ended and Michelle O'Neill, a catholic Sinn Fein-member, was appointed to the post of First Minister. Granted, the road is still long and full of potholes and detours, but a big step was taken nonetheless as her appointment marks the first time, that an irish catholic got that post. Wisely she avoided any talks about referendums, secessions and reunification, but maybe this once will be considered the first step of many.

BELFAST, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's parliament appointed an Irish nationalist as First Minister for the first time on Saturday, a historic milestone in a state established a century ago to ensure the dominance of pro-British unionists.

Michelle O'Neill's appointment, the delayed result of a watershed 2022 election, is the latest sign of the rise in the British region of a Sinn Fein party that has said its ultimate dream of a united Ireland is "within touching distance". The appointment came as Sinn Fein's pro-British rival, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), formally ended a two-year boycott of power-sharing government after striking a deal with the British government to ease post-Brexit trade frictions.

"This is an historic day which represents a new dawn," O'Neill, 47, told the assembly. "I will serve everyone equally and be a First Minister for all. I am sorry for all the lives lost during the conflict without exception," O'Neill added.

Britain's minister for the region, Chris Heaton-Harris, said the restoration of government represented a "great day for Northern Ireland". U.S. President Joe Biden, who visited Belfast last year to urge a return to the power-sharing agreement, on Saturday called the restoration "an important step".
O'Neill represents a shift to a new generation of Sinn Fein politicians not directly involved in the region's decades-long bloody conflict between Irish nationalists seeking a united Ireland and pro-British unionists wanting to remain the United Kingdom. As the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Sinn Fein was long shunned by the political establishment on both sides of the border. It is now also the most popular party in the Irish Republic.

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[Nobody700]

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Didn't call itself the Irexit

[clearspira]

Star Trek predicted that terrorism would lead to reunification, not the democratic process. That's a pretty big fucking "oops" for the hopeful future of Star Trek.

I will agree with you on one thing about Brexit though Kami: making it a first past the post vote was dangerous, dumb and ill-advised. If they do not want the Troubles to return then it needs to be a proportionate vote. They are asking for bombs if the yes vote wins by 1%.