That decision was to make the exclusion of six counties permanent, and to withdraw the provision for retaining Irish members at full strength during the transitory period.
Redmond attacked no individual.

His anger was beyond words.

He said this, however: "Some tragic fatality seems to dog the footsteps of this Government in all their dealings with Ireland.

Every step taken by them since the Coalition was formed, and especially since the unfortunate outbreak in Dublin, has been lamentable.

They have disregarded every advice we tendered to them, and now in the end, having got us to induce our people to make a tremendous sacrifice and to agree to the temporary exclusion of these Ulster counties, they throw this agreement to the winds, and they have taken the surest means to accentuate every possible danger and difficulty in the Irish situation." That day really finished the constitutional party and overthrew Redmond's power.