Part 1 of Essay
The movie takes place during a period when the Catholic/Protestant unrest was at an all time high in Northern Ireland. The conflict is a very complicated dispute with neither side willing to come to an agreement politically. Negotiations had failed between the British government and Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Br ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... While the film does not directly address this issue, it is understood that the people of Northern Ireland have the right to elect its representative to the British Parliament. However, the British Government maintains its authority on which political parties are allowed to run for election during the period when the movie took place. The British government also does not allow the territory the right to vote on its own sovereignty. The British government official depicted in this film is of the strong ....