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I'm presuming had Ireland achieved home rule as it was very close to achieving before WW1, that Irish representation at Westminister would still have been maintained as Ireland would be still within the Union, as it has been maintained for Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland, despite them having home rule parliaments of their own effectively. So what effect would over 80 Irish MPS with a nationalist bent have on British politics? I reckon the labour party in Ireland would have the prominence it has traditionally had in Scotland eventually and it would outshine out and out nationalists or the other alternative would be the balance of power would be virtually always held by those nationalists and these islands at times could become virtually ungovernable from parliament's perspective.
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