Yes. I’d imagine most people in NI these days actually don’t like a lot of what the DUP stand for but continued to vote for them because, well, they were the big unionist party. Likewise the nationalists with Sinn Fein.
It’d be a big step forward if some new parties emerged over more traditional left/right political divisions rather than just sectarian ones
Yeah but my point was most Brits don’t give a fuck as long as George/Trevor/Harry has his/her sun newspaper,local football team to support, shite beer and Emmerdale/EastEnders in the background they plod on ,and they won’t ever have a republic ( not saying our own version is any good either)