Iain Mclean and Alistair McMillan
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- February 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199258208
- eISBN:
- 9780191603334
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199258201.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
This chapter examines the unravelling of the Union between 1886 and 1921. It discusses the continuing link between Union and Empire, the incoherence of Diceyan Unionism, centre-periphery politics, ...
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This chapter examines the unravelling of the Union between 1886 and 1921. It discusses the continuing link between Union and Empire, the incoherence of Diceyan Unionism, centre-periphery politics, the attempted Unionist coup-d’etat in 1910-14, Bonar Law and Ulster paramilitarism, George V’s threatened vetoes, and primoridal and instrumental Unionism. By 1921, the Union question had resolved into a Northern Ireland question and an imperial question. It left two ragged ends from the 1886 attempt to settle it, namely representation and finance in the outlying parts of the Union.Less
This chapter examines the unravelling of the Union between 1886 and 1921. It discusses the continuing link between Union and Empire, the incoherence of Diceyan Unionism, centre-periphery politics, the attempted Unionist coup-d’etat in 1910-14, Bonar Law and Ulster paramilitarism, George V’s threatened vetoes, and primoridal and instrumental Unionism. By 1921, the Union question had resolved into a Northern Ireland question and an imperial question. It left two ragged ends from the 1886 attempt to settle it, namely representation and finance in the outlying parts of the Union.
Conor Mulvagh
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780719099267
- eISBN:
- 9781526115164
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719099267.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter reports the findings of a detailed and original body of research into parliamentary questions in the House of Commons from 1901-18. One of the most striking findings to be reported in ...
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This chapter reports the findings of a detailed and original body of research into parliamentary questions in the House of Commons from 1901-18. One of the most striking findings to be reported in this chapter is the fact that Home Rule M.P.s, comprising roughly 80 out of 670 seats in the Commons, asked almost one quarter of all questions between 1901 and 1918. However, behind this headline are a host of important revelations about the degree to which Irish participation in question time declined over the period 1901-15. In assessing the behaviour of Irish nationalist MPs at question time in comparison to the rest of the MPs of the era, the study provides the most comprehensive comparative analysis of Irish nationalist questioning in existence. It also examines Irish contributions to British and imperial issues, internationalising the story of Irish MPs at Westminster.Less
This chapter reports the findings of a detailed and original body of research into parliamentary questions in the House of Commons from 1901-18. One of the most striking findings to be reported in this chapter is the fact that Home Rule M.P.s, comprising roughly 80 out of 670 seats in the Commons, asked almost one quarter of all questions between 1901 and 1918. However, behind this headline are a host of important revelations about the degree to which Irish participation in question time declined over the period 1901-15. In assessing the behaviour of Irish nationalist MPs at question time in comparison to the rest of the MPs of the era, the study provides the most comprehensive comparative analysis of Irish nationalist questioning in existence. It also examines Irish contributions to British and imperial issues, internationalising the story of Irish MPs at Westminster.
