On Irish politics/history
My main educational background is in Irish literature (and some even question that. Haha).; But this article interested me because I lived in the UK for almost three years in total. I never fully understood the dynamic between England and Ireland in political terms. An English friend compared it to the dynamic between the US and Canada because one has a lot of power and the other is sparsely populated, environmentally beautiful, and artistic.
Here is a paragraph from the recent The Irish Times article by John FitzGerald that sparked this post:
“By 2023 UK output is likely to be under 3 per cent higher than in 2019. While the numbers suggest Brexit has had a serious negative impact on the UK economy, and that this impact will continue to grow for a number of years, Covid may end up taking most of the blame.”
In college, I wrote an essay for the school newspaper about how the UK might not fit into the EU because I noticed cultural differences there during my junior year abroad in London. I could be out of my depths on this; politics is not really my thing.