麻豆约拍

Documentary on the Crown and Ireland's War of Independence in which Michael Portillo goes on a journey from the peace conference in Versailles to the historic ceasefire in 1921.

The former British defence secretary looks at how his predecessors at Westminster reacted when faced with revolutionary intransigence in Ireland. He unravels a web of mystery and intrigue woven by the British ruling classes for whom the essential issue was never Ireland but, instead, their own party and personal career advantage.

The former Conservative minister finds men who spend more time calculating the consequences of their policies for internal British politics, and their own positions, than for Anglo-Irish relations.