即使是像现任北爱尔兰政务大臣卡伦·布拉德利（Karen Bradley）这样的前“留欧派 ” ， 最近也坦承 “ [ … … ]当我开始担任这个职位时，我对于一些北爱尔兰根深蒂固的问题都不甚了解。
Even an erstwhile “Remainer” like Karen Bradley, the current Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, recently confessed that, “[…] when I started this job, I didn’t understand some of the deep-seated and deep-rooted issues that there are in Northern Ireland.”