home rule
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"We have always worked towards independence when we got home rule in 1979 and more independence in 2009."
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
But Denmark granted it home rule in 1979, and its 57,000 inhabitants retain the right to vote for independence.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
To repeal home rule, they would have to pass a law through Congress.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024
Bonar Law was both a true believer in the Ulster cause and a shrewd political operator, who correctly perceived that home rule could be used to bring down Asquith and the Liberals.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024
On the same day Sir Horace Plunkett submitted to Lloyd George his report on the Irish Convention's plan for home rule.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various