As you ask, DublinDilettante, Irish national sovereignty has made considerable progress since 1913. Ordinary citizens (not “subjects”) can now visit the throne room and other state apartments in Dublin Castle. A popularly-elected president (who would describe himself as a socialist) is installed in the Viceregal Lodge. A parliament elected by universal suffrage (well, the lower house anyway) meets in the former premises of the RDS. The British army has departed from 26 counties and keeps a low profile in the other six. Under native governments, the country has been industrialised, the infrastructure modernised, and the population has risen by 50% – in marked contrast to the deindustrialisation and demographic collapse that characterised British rule in the 19th century. There’s still a lot left to do, but quite a lot has been done.
And how is the cause of Trotskyist revolution coming along these days? Do you think the CWI or IST is the more likely to succeed? Or would you put your money on the International Bolshevik Tendancy?