The scheduled British referendum on EU membership and resultant negotiations mark a potentially defining shift in British-Irish relations. The prospect of a fresh wall of regulations being built from Derry to Newry would deal a massive blow to years of efforts on cross border reconciliation and growth. A British exit from the EU would remove the common ground which facilitated much of the progress in Northern Ireland.
sceptical towards state expenditure on education, for example in favour of study fees or private schools