As regards the case for Irish unity itself, there is a significant opportunity in moves towards constitutional reform in Britain. In the wake of the expenses crisis, the case for popular rather than parliamentary sovereignty is perhaps becoming a serious part of that agenda for the first time, expressed in the growth of organisations like Power2010 and Republic. Ideas of democratic republicanism that owe much to Irish thinkers like Philip Pettit (pdf) as well as English counterparts like Quentin Skinner are gaining currency on the left.

For Irish republicans, that is an opportunity to make the case for their core belief, often assumed rather than articulated, that for Ireland, popular sovereignty means Irish sovereignty.

via Debating Irish unity in London | openDemocracy.