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I believe it was the English prime minister Gladstone in the late nineteenth century. The phrase remained in use up to about 1920

Recently I was introduced to an account manager at my bank, a charming lady from India, who on hearing my accent immediately said "ah yes the Irish question"

I replied "in Ireland, we refer to it as the English problem"

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