Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has said it is inevitable that Ireland will become united at some point in the future.
He added that it would be a “long process” and have to be based on mutual agreement.
Brown, in an interview with the Guardian, said that Northern Ireland is in a potentially different position compared to the rest of the UK, giving Scotland as an example.
People have got to come together and find a way of agreeing. Basically, that is the issue: whether people can actually agree
Asked about pressure for Scottish independence, Brown said: “Scotland’s got to find a way of living in cooperation with other countries, and independence would not be the right way forward.
“We’re geographically, economically, socially, culturally linked to the rest of the United Kingdom, whether it’s Wales, England or parts of Ireland.”
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