Sir,—I would largely concur with D.R. O’Connor Lysaght’s analysis of Labour’s dilemma during the War of Independence (Letters, HI 27.2, March/April 2019) and with Martin Mansergh’s observation (Platform, ibid.) that ‘A lot of historical commentary has been too binary, pitching constitutionalism against armed action’. My main point (Platform, HI 27.1, Jan./Feb. 2019) was that other ... Read more
