In northern minds, destabilising the south and mucking up the referendum would undermine the legitimacy of any putative new country.

在北方人眼里，动摇南方的根基并搅乱民意投票能够削弱任何公认新国家的合法性。

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In this momentous week, such matters are far from the minds of Northern Ireland's euphoric peacemakers.

ECONOMIST: Ireland and Gladstone and all that