'Ireland, 1920's - one of the many problems that partitioning Ireland brought for Westminster, God help them, to be sure, was the subject of social welfare payments to, for instance, an unemployed man or woman in England compared to an unemployed man or woman in the British-occupied six north-eastern counties of Ireland...'
Making chalk of one and cheese of the other - but the smell, appearance and taste of the 'cheese' in Ireland worried the political representatives of the cheddar who depended on them for votes, so something had to be done and the issue, and other connected hackles, were raised with the big cats in Westminster...
That's just one slice (!) of the roughly twenty-five pieces we'll be writing about on Wednesday, 17th December, 2025, and here's a few more for yer plate...
'Ireland, 1922 - the politicians in Westminster were comfortable in doing this because they were handing control of their then newest acquisition from actual British political and military forces to pro-British political and military forces...'
'1920's - speaking in Leinster House, this rebel woman took to the floor and shamed the men in that institution, referencing Pearse and 'minorities from the past' but to no avail : the men were referencing their future political careers...'
'Ireland, 1960's - 'Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act' had yet to be imposed and RTE and other media outlets were scrambling to interview him but, if this world figure was still alive and landed in the State today, they would deem him to be a 'terrorist' and imprison him...'
'1970's, Occupied Six Counties - name change, uniform change...but the attitude and objective remained the same...'
So...
..chalk and cheese mightn't mix but, if ya have an interest in Irish history and Irish politics, from today and yesterday, all 32 Counties - then yerselves and ourselves will get along just fine : chalk (!) us in for a visit on Wednesday, 17th December 2025.
Don't have us to come down the bleedin' chimney after ya...!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - appreciated : see ya again on the 17th!
Sharon and the team.
