Ah ok thanks for clearing that up ^^
But I still don't think we can really speak about an imperialistic republic if they just claimed something to support their stance but didn't actually do anything.
I mean what would have been deeply undemocratic would have been to try to take control of N. Ireland not just say they should control it - politicians say a lot of different things all the time, and often follow with the exact contrary of what they just say, so as far as I'm concern, their actions matter way more than their words.
But anyway, that's mostly a question of semantics, so it doesn't really matter
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Ah ok thanks for clearing that up ^^
But I still don't think we can really speak about an imperialistic republic if they just claimed something to support their stance but didn't actually do anything.
I mean what would have been deeply undemocratic would have been to try to take control of N. Ireland not just say they should control it - politicians say a lot of different things all the time, and often follow with the exact contrary of what they just say, so as far as I'm concern, their actions matter way more than their words.
But anyway, that's mostly a question of semantics, so it doesn't really matter