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Yeah, that's kinda the rub of it. I wouldn't wanna move back and risk a repeat a few years down the line. Much less given the discrimination and such they faced before, let alone the violence.

Spite? Insanity? I dunno, it hasn't really been explained why.

I'm just glad there's no Armalites and other firearms. Northern Ireland declared Independence from the UK. As in, they're now their own country. Meaning naturally, everyone Catholic up there suddenly is in fear of their lives, and were "encouraged" to go south by the Loyalists rampaging. The...

He already is. GOing outrifght court packing like that might actually piss off people on his side, and that's not something he wants. Either way, next election is gonna be a doozy.

Something tells me Gompers is not gonna be very popular among the workers. Might have people start calling him Judas.

Issue also was, well, the Marshall Plan had a hella hard time passing through Congress, getting it for Asia as well might be a bit of a stretch.

Oh yeah. Nixon once calling in Hoover to put some reins on him, and Hoover left happy as a clam while Nixon was dead white. And that was Nixon of all people.

Problem is, sooner or later, they're gonna run into the issue most of that area is already claimed by various other powers. In OTL, it's one of the reasons why Japan was somewhat given a free hand in China at Versailles, because well, if they couldn't expand there, their alternatives were pretty...

Worse, they're ALSO driving out large amounts of citizens, IE, taxpayers, who are also taking their wealth, with what's left, usually houses and such, being torched..... The poor sod who gets to be their Treasury Minister is gonna go Librarian-poo when he sees the books.

Problem is less motivating the large unarmed mob to leave without too many casulties (It's a large crowd, even sticking with water cannon and less lethals, it's gonna be hard and hellish), it's then surviving the paramilitary units all coming after you. Being put under siege, in a base that...

Especially since there's all kinds of ways to intervene. They can't drop a corps into NI yeah, but giving some go aheads for A-Teams into the area, or lending logistical support for the UK's peacekeeping, well now....

So he's overqualified for the job?

True, but at the same time, they'll be going up anyway, so best to just pass on some.... requests to the IRA and friends from the Republic, so everyone gets to come away happy.

Hell, hold fundraisers in the US ala how the IRA used to. Might be enough tog et a considerable amoutn of cash that way.

Worse, the moderates have been discredited, meaning next time it gets bad enough, the strike's gonna kick off big time, and with the lessons learned, well.... It could easily translate into a revolt. Johnson's made a fatal error here; He forgot that the Unions have a voice to, and they learned...