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Editor says, what if the ranting remnants of the British Fascist movement had fled to the Falklands in 1958? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 1937, on this day Eamon de Valera, the leader of the Fianna Fail Party of Ireland, sat in his empty offices awaiting a telephone call from Sir Oswald Mosley. That day, de Valera had publically announced the upcoming new Constitution of Ireland. That document had stated that all Irish counties (including those in the Ulster enclave of Northern Ireland) were part of the country run from Dublin.
The Fascist Flight to Falklands Part 3At 6 PM exactly, Dublin time, de Valera's telephone rang and he picked it up. "This is Oswald Mosley," the authoritative voice on the telephone said. "Notify the Prime Minister of Ireland that the Leader of Great Britain is on the telephone to speak with him".
"Thank you for your punctuality, Prime Minister Mosley," said Eamon da Valera. "I am here".
"Good, _Taoiseach_," Mosley said, saying the Celtic version of Prime Minister crisply. "I have heard that Ireland claims to be able to unilaterally alter its Governing Documents at will".
"We never wanted London to mistakingly assume that the British king and Parliament was in any way needed to shape Irish decisions," de Valera said. "That is why we have insisted from the beginning that we rule ourselves completely".
De Valera studied a photograph on the front page of the TIMES of London. Mosley, dressed in black from head to toe, wearing a tunic and pants, black boots and a wide black belt, the caption was tagged: "The Leader addresses an assembly in London". In de Valera's opinion, Mosley was dressed up as a student would in playing a role in ROMEO AND JULIET.
It was all so absurd, yet that man was in control of Great Britain. "_Taoseach_, you speak as if you have not heard of the popular revolution which has transpired as of November 1936. The _ancien regime_ of England is now as dead as the system of Louis Sixteenth and Marie Antoinette".
"I have heard that Stanley Baldwin is dead," de Valera said bluntly. "He has not been seen or photographed since the 11th of November when your stormtroopers invaded Ten Downing Street".
"Mr. Baldwin remains in protective custody," said Mosley smoothly. "Is your Government still allowing Neville Chamberlain a hundred thousand pounds yearly for the Dublin CLARION? That really is quite a waste for a rag such as that ".
"Here in Eire, we really do value free thought and association," de Valera said.
Mosley laughed. "You do everything the Pope suggest, outlawing divorce and conceding that Roman Catholicism will be the only view point that can be tolerated in Ireland.
"Your assertion that Rome Rule will be imposed on his Majesty's subjects in Ulster is a mistake that I did not expect you to repeat. Your pathetic gangs of druggists and ploughboys will be wiped out in a month by Fascist Britain, because we will do whatever police work is needed. Whatever is needed".
"If you make further threats against the Irish, there shall be complaints as far away as the Vatican, and I understand that neither Herr Hitler or Signor Mussolini will want to confront the Holy Father on your behalf, Mister Mosley".
Mosley said: "You are a silly fellow, Eamon da Valera. The fact that the old regime respected you shows only how weak they were".
Later that evening, de Valera was wakened for news that an assailant had walked behind Neville Chamberlain and had shot Chamberlain dead through the heart. The killer had put his gun away in a holster and ran off to a waiting car. De Valera took the lesson seriously and disbanded any political organizations from Ireland working for the ouster of Edward VIII and Wallis.
In cinema palaces such as the Odeans, Regals, Roxys, Queen Ws, and Granadas that are popping out all over Britain in 1938, typical features depict large studies of the King and Queen's face on cinema walls, and three reel long newreels always praising Wallis and her husband.
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~ The Irish never really realized how much their "success" was due to British forbearance.
~ The brits had pretty much burned themselves out with WWI and Ireland was able to cash in. Had it not been for the blood and suffering in places like the Somme Ireland would still be part of the United Kingdom. Too many empty chairs whose owners now lay under six feet of french soil and too many maimed young men pretty much crushed the life out of their willingness to go to war. If Ireland had anything to worry for it would be for Churchill trying to reclaim territory by getting them into the mess with Hitler and then occupying them on th e pretext of Keeping the Germans Out..
~ Scenario is absurd anyway. (1) Irish did realise they won on British foreberance. Dev basically gamed the system before ww2. That was all he did. Other side of the coin is that the UK did not want the Irish influencing them After WW2, WTF did it matter (2) You cannot shoot down Dublin, and win elections, in Glasgow, or liverpool or dublin (3) Dev would not have allowed Neville chamberlain, to play provo, he may have sent him to the dominions. Ireland, is 12 miles away, Canada, and the Anzacs are thousands of miles away, Both are safe behind the USN. My guess is Ireland, is bullied quite simply into quiet. Also terminology used here is wrong.
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