The Northern Ireland Office minister and leading Brexiteer acknowledged the referendum would have failed under a supermajority.
The Northern Ireland Office minister said such a threshold would have removed the difficulty of politicians not accepting the result
Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker addresses the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly at the K Club in Co Kildare The Northern Ireland minister made the remarks during a question-and-answer session of the assembly at the K Club in Co Kildare, Ireland.Mr Baker said: “One regret is it probably should have been a supermajority.
He asked: “Would anyone here seriously want a 50% plus one United Ireland result in Northern Ireland?”
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