And the course of administration in Ireland is as much affected by the whole proceedings as the course of an 80 h.p.Mercedes is affected by a cabman's oath.
So much for exclusively Irish affairs.

When Ireland comes into some "general" scheme of legislation the parody of government becomes if possible more fantastic in character.

Let me take just three instances--Old Age Pensions, Insurance, and the Budget.

In regard to the first it was perhaps a matter of course that no attempt should be made to allow for the difference in economic levels between Great Britain and Ireland.

This is the very principle of Unionism: to apply like methods to things which are unlike.