145. Ireland denied, Conservatism dominant
It was heartbreak time for Parnell. He’d spent eleven years in parliament, leading to the emergence of a powerful Irish Parliamentary Party that eventual won the balance of power. That put Home Rule, ...
4 Juni 202314min
144. The storm breaks: first squall
The storm that had been building for years over Ireland broke just as soon as Gladstone, with Irish support, finally brought down the Salisbury minority administration. His problem was that quite a fe...
28 Maj 202314min
143. The 86 of 86
Salisbury, who’d secured his position in the Conservative Party by his clever political work over Gladstone’s 1884 Reform Act, was now Prime Minister. But only at the head of a minority government. Th...
21 Maj 202314min
142. The storm clouds gather
After nearly five years in power, the strains inside the second Gladstone government were beginning to show. Indeed, both main parties were having trouble, above all with their respective awkward squa...
14 Maj 202314min
141. Success at last
As the second Gladstone government approached its end, it had little enough to point to as major successes. Some measures had been passed to try to pacify Ireland, but that sad country was still far f...
7 Maj 202314min
140. From Grand Old Man to Murderer of Gordon
After the Phoenix Park murders, there was a bit of a hiatus in Parnell’s campaign for Irish Home Rule, while he consolidated his grip on the movement, guiding it firmly into the path of constitutional...
30 Apr 202314min
139. Of Love and Death, Prison and Murder
The passage of the Land Act for Ireland provided many tenant farmers with a wonderful way of getting their rents reduced. Sadly, that benefit had a downside, as it undermined the enthusiasm for contin...
23 Apr 202314min
138. Pacifying Ireland (again)
Disraeli didn’t last long after losing power for the last time, dying within a year. That ended a remarkable era, of the long battle between him and Gladstone. Next, the survivor, Gladstone, had to b...
16 Apr 202314min
