Some of those loudest in denouncing a young Downing Street adviser, seem unaware of the views of their intellectual heroes.
He never resolved his conflict between being brought up to repress his emotions and as a politician having to express them.
There is a Labour tradition of defending brutal dictatorships.
A modicum of sensitivity at Westminster might have seen the Easter Rising fizzle out. Ireland might have evolved peacefully into a self-governing Commonwealth ally.
The Opposition can’t even recognise their past mistakes.