No doubt the Imperial Parliament will retain the theoretical right to legislate for Ireland, _e.g._ to pass an Irish Coercion Act, just as Parliament retains the theoretical right to legislate for New Zealand or Canada.

So the Imperial Parliament has the legal right to repeal or override any law passed by the New Zealand Parliament, to tax the inhabitants of New Zealand, or finally, by the repeal of the New Zealand Constitution Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict.c.72, to abolish the constitution of New Zealand altogether.

But these things Parliament will not, and to speak truly cannot, do in New Zealand.

The inhabitants of New Zealand possess as regards their internal affairs for practical purposes complete independence.

They are governed from Wellington, they are not governed from Westminster.