Sir Edward Carson and the Home Rule Rebellion - Episode 1

The backdrop to opposition by Ulster Protestants to the Home Rule Bill. The actors in the Home Rule crisis. Winston Churchill's visit to Belfast as the focus of Ulster Protestant anger at his promotion of an All Ireland Parliament as a leading light in Asquith's Government. His acrimonious exit. The beginning of the Carson Churchill duel. The reasons for the Ulster Protestants' fanatical opposition to a Home Rule All Ireland Parliament including the political, economic as well as religious arguments.