That aggregation of bloc votes is contentious. If you don't have a majority of the vote explicitly in favour of a border poll, it isn't going to happen. You can't just add the Alliance Party to the actual pro-unification SF-SDLP and call it job done.

In any case, not to worry, Senior Figures have it all in hand:

And if all else fails they make for fun art installations.

A vision of peace, order and good government, hopefully... Happy Canada Day to those who celebrate.

There are strong Canadian traditions at work too.