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The Conservative Party not Gladstone came closer to solving the Irish Problem 1880-1905
The Liberals wished to solve the Irish problem to benefit the Irish people whereas the Conservatives attempted to solve the Irish Problem to fulfil their own aims and to bluster their Irish Nationalist support. Both parties had little success though the conservatives had more than the Liberals as they had a more practical approach. As an attempt to solve the Irish problem, Gladstone implemented the Second Land Reform in 1881, where in which he gave the Irish farmers most of the rights and securities which they had been demanding for through Davitt’s Land League. These were fair rents, to be assessed by special ‘Land Courts’, fixity of tenure and free sale more commonly known as “The 3 F’s.” However, not all tenants could claim the protection of this act because they were in arrears with their rents. In order to prevent unrest Gladstone was quick to pass an Arrears Act in 1882 which effectively cleared all debts that Irish tenants owed to their landlords which appeased many of the tenants but angered many of the landlords. The Act nevertheless neglected thousands of tenants who were already under the threat of eviction and there was no definition on what the fair rent should be set at leaving landlords to stay corrupt and unfair. Nonetheless, Gladstone had not thoroughly address the issue of land purchasing and therefore farmers hopes had been raised with Gladstone first two acts but were no left disappoints realising that he believed the Irish problem had been solved where in fact it had only just begun. Agrarian unrest quickly sprang up in Ireland headed by the Land League which was lead by Charles Stuart Parnell who openly denied having anything to do with the unrest. Another significant attempt Gladstone made to solve the Irish Problem was his conversion to Home Rule. There were many factors that brought Home Rule on to the political agenda such as the influence of Isaac Butt who had established the Irish Government Association which would form into
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