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There may be little appetite for further bloodshed from the Real IRA, and US president George Bush's new ultimatums on world terrorism may see further decline in support for Irish nationalists from the US.
TNS, which is regarded as more cautious than other pollsters, said its findings suggested the gap between the SNP and Scottish Labour is much narrower than the 20-point lead given to the nationalists in a spate of other recent polls, but that it was still gloomy news for the Scottish Labour leader, Jim Murphy.
In Scotland (where the history and devolution settlement are, of course, very different) the nationalists have become the dominant party.
But he or she also has a conservative or communitarian side: most people are suspicious of change, want to live in stable communities, think people should take responsibility for themselves (and think today's welfare system discourages them from doing so), want to live in relatively traditional families and, without being flag-waving nationalists, think that national citizen preference matters.
It's a plan where Scotland leaves the UK, but the Scottish nationalists still expect taxpayers in the rest of the UK to continue to provide a safety net.
As nationalists have been pointing out on Twitter (see 3.20pm), this meant that the questioning was relatively gentle.
From John Redmond, the leader of the Irish nationalists up to the first world war, to John Hume at the end of the 20th century, northern nationalism has repeatedly accused the Tories of putting party advantage above a balanced settlement between the two traditions on the island of Ireland.
A key vote would require either 50% of unionists and 50% of nationalists or a straight 70% majority.
The claim by the Tories and their media supporters that a government commanding well over 50% of the votes would be some sort of democratic outrage is clearly absurd – if it pulled in the nationalists as well, it would also represent a much greater consensus across all parts of Britain.
Weaken any of them and you risk driving bewildered voters into the clutches of tub-thumping nationalists of one colour or another for solace and solidarity: Ukip, SNP or "English-nationalist light" Tories.
If Jim Murphy is to win in a fashion convincing enough to give him real authority over Scottish Labour he must deal with the charges against him that are already being hurled with vigour both by Nationalists and some of the Labour left.
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