1973 – Northern Ireland sovereignty referendum: the people in the north of Ireland vote overwhelmingly to remain within the United Kingdom.
The abolition of the Northern Ireland Parliament in 1972 raised the question of whether or not a new Assembly should have the power to determine which state Northern Ireland should belong to. For whatever reason, the British government decided to put this question directly to the people every ten years by referendum, and the first […]
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