Far more than a Lord does the typical Englishman love a Judge, and the thought of acting as a Judge.
Confronted with Ireland he says to himself: "Here are these Irish people; some maintain that they are nice, others that they are nasty, but everybody agrees that they are queer.

Very good.

I will study them in a judicial spirit; I will weigh the evidence dispassionately, and give my decision.

When it comes to action, I will play the honest broker between their contending parties." Now this may be a very agreeable way of going about the business, but it is fatally unreal.

Great Britain comes into court, she will be pained to hear, not as Judge but rather as defendant.