Thursday 23 May 2013
Owen Polley (Comment, May 24) stated: "Northern Ireland is part of the UK and will remain so until a majority of people here decide otherwise. That principle is enshrined in international law."
What principle is that exactly? That a majority in the six counties outweighs a majority in Ireland as a whole?
What happened to the principle of national sovereignty?
MALACHY SCOTT
Belfast
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