evidence: Unionism as an ideology is broken, fracturing itself to pieces on an ever-shrinking board. The 2021 census illustrated a sharp decline in British identity in Northern Ireland, and survey results consistently indicate that a growing number of people – particularly those aged 18 to 24 – feel no affinity towards unionism. With a decreasing voter base, it is difficult to imagine three parties representing three wings of unionism surviving the next decade and, as this political ideology slips further towards oblivion, so too will support for staying in the United Kingdom. Though the causes of unionism’s decline are multifaceted, this has undeniably been hastened by Brexit. The DUP’s folly in supporting the UK’s departure from the European Union, and the subsequent propping up of Theresa May’s Conservative government, galvanised pro-European and nationalist voters in Northern Ireland while simultaneously causing an irreparable rift within the unionist cause.