¹ I refer to a referendum confined to residents in Northern Ireland. If a ballot were taken of ‘all the Irish’ (including the twenty‐six counties) the result would be very different. Moreover, if a ballot were taken of ‘all the British’ (including England, Scotland and Wales) the result might be even more dramatically different—not many people in Britain see the point of spending a lot of money and risking the lives of their sons in trying to solve Stormont's problems.