Vexatious Separatists

Among the many troubling facets of the Irish Question, aside from that perverse Euro-wog complicity of theirs, is the fact that many of the more educated natives have a rudimentary acquaintance with the English language. The role of Britain's plucky little adventurers in conferring this advantage is of course never mentioned; nonetheless, the government of the Free State does not scruple to read documents intended solely for a readership both British and deserving, and to treat the policies detailed therein as if they were somehow a legitimate concern of anyone outside the Conservative and Brexit Party. The erstwhile party of law and order has pledged to emasculate the Human Rights Act in line with the legal opinion of former Colonial Secretary Karen Bradley, whose achievements in office include finding out that voting patterns in Northern Ireland tend towards the sectarian. Bradley also proclaimed that killings carried out on the side of the goodies during the troubles did not have the same criminal status as those perpetrated by the baddies, which is about as grown-up as anyone could hope for; yet still the Free State continues to muddy the clear blue waters. No wonder the poor peasants are still simple enough to think they should be allowed to control at least one side of a border.