evidence: Being Irish, I have family and friends on both sides of the border (protestant and catholic). Unlike "the troubles" of the past, nationalists and unionist alike are united in their opposition to a hard border. They accept that the backstop is the only workable way of achieving that and have overwhelmingly endorsed it. [...] The backstop is designed to safeguard the Good Friday Agreement (GFA), a legally binding international peace treaty voted for by people across the Island of Ireland in a referendum, 20 years ago. The details of the GFA were meticulously circulated to every household beforehand so that people knew what they were voting for. [...] Recent polls indicate that 60 per cent of people in Northern Ireland would prefer to be part of a united Ireland than a disunited little Britain. Ironically, by riding roughshod over the democratic rights of the people in the province, the DUP/Tory coalition of chaos, has done more to make the case for a united Ireland than Sinn Fein ever could.