On August 29, 2026, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the Guardian that Irish reunification is inevitable in the long term, though he did not specify a timeframe. Brown, who was chancellor when the 1998 Belfast Agreement was signed, also stressed his opposition to Scottish independence.
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Former PM believes Northern Ireland will leave UK in the long term – but remains opposed to Scottish independence The former prime minister Gordon Brown has said it is inevitable that Ireland will become united at some point in the future, in a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian. While he added that any union would necessarily be “a long process” and based on mutual agreement, Brown’s commen
Former Labour leader was chancellor when the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has said it is inevitable that Ireland will become united at some point in the future.
Gordon Brown says a united Ireland is inevitable in the long term. “Of course, in the long term, Ireland will be united,” the former prime minister told the Guardian, though he stressed it would be “a long process” requiring people to “come together and find a way of agreeing.”