Unionist autonomy from Britain is an illusion

In his outstanding 2003 historical analysis Home Rule: an Irish History Professor Alvin Jackson shows that since 1972, when the British removed any remaining unionist autonomy, the role of unionist leaders has been to mediate British policy in Ireland to their followers.

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