Originally posted by quinner
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He (they) tried.....For whatever they had in mind they must have known that they would lose.....
But, from a ''Political angle it was big success.....
Did he know that the leaders would be executed.....As in most cases they are to deter others.....I believe he did.....
He was well aware of the absence of ''fighting'' Unionists would mean it would be a purely ''British'' response...
Was he concerned that people were too willing to accept the status Quo....The support for the ''British'' in the war seemed to prove that......
Did it really concern him that there was a serious danger of there being ''more British than the British themselves''...
He would have been well aware of what was going on all over the British isles regarding the ''Workers'' and unions.....A link up across the water for strength would have been on the cards after the war....
Did he feel he was running out of time for an ''old fashioned'' rebellion.........
Whatever it was.......He tried...
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