Rmiller101 said:

>>Northern Ireland should hold a referendum with the option to quit the UK and reunify with the Republic of Ireland.<<

Easy to say, but harder to put into action, for a variety of historical and political reasons. However, for the right odds I would put a bet on a united Ireland before an independent Scotland.

In Northern Ireland, demographics are inexorably leading to Unionists (Protestants) being in the minority in the next 20 to 30 years, partly due to a higher birth rate amongst the Nationalist (Catholic) population and a higher emigration rate by Protestants (I am an example of that; we left in the late 70s at the height of the Troubles).

There was going to be an increasing clamour for a "border poll" in the 10 years ahead. If Brexit turns out to be bad for N/Ireland (re-imposition of a "hard" border etc) then the calls for a border poll will only increase. All it will take is more moderate sections of the Unionists seeing more benefit in the EU than the UK.