[Redbook2:78F-I][19760202.0000b][Scotland's Oil [continued]][2nd
February 1976]
19760202c.
[continued]
There remain the territory
known as Northern Ireland, and the people inhabiting that territory.
The policy of the Government of the present United Kingdom appears to
be that the political re-unification of the territories known as
Ireland under a single independent government is an acceptable
long-term possibility, given the consent of the inhabitants of
Northern Ireland; but that for the power of the United Kingdom to
leave Northern Ireland now would be disastrous for the inhabitants of
Northern Ireland. It is not suggested that the net effect of
withdrawal on the inhabitants of Great Britain (ie the remainder of
the 'United Kingdom') would be seriously harmful. So by implication
the responsibility of the majority (or overall) power for a minority
within its territory is accepted by the United Kingdom Government.
Despite significant attempts to challenge it, this attitude of
responsibility has clearly been accepted by the overwhelming majority
of the inhabitants of Great Britain-—including the inhabitants of
that part of Great Britain known as Scotland.
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