Readers blog: Time for Ireland (north and south) and Scotland to unite ...

The recent decision of the UK to begin the process of leaving the European Union calls for fresh thinking on what has become known as ‘the totality of relationships’ on these islands. 

Only the peoples of England and Wales have actively chosen this path, the electorates in Scotland and Northern Ireland having voted to remain.

Given that the Republic of Ireland also remains strongly pro-EU, is it not time to give consideration to new constitutional arrangements for the entire north-western flank of these islands?