Talk:Llanelli riots of 1911

BBC documentary

I just wanted to mention that this was the subject of a BBC documentary - it was on BBC2 yesterday. So presumably more info is available from that via BBC iPlayer at the moment. EdwardLane (talk) 15:42, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks! I initiated the article due to reading the excellent summary privided by the BBC article used as a reference. I did not see the programme, so feel free to expand article based on the content. --Mais oui! (talk) 06:04, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Dubious

"The incident was highly politically sensitive, as the Great Western Railway through Carmarthenshire, southwestern Wales, was the main route between England and the troubles in Ireland"

This looks like a bit of a slipup by the BBC researcher. The main route to Ireland was via Liverpool (certainly the main strategic route, by which troops might be sent). More to the point, there weren't really any troubles in Ireland in 1911 - if anything Ireland had been pretty quiet since the land troubles had been largely sorted out over the previous generation (tenants given more legal rights, landlords bought out etc). There were escalating troubles in Ulster from 1912 onwards, as they had no wish to be part of the impending Home Rule, and in the rest of Ireland from 1916 as Home Rule hadn't happened - but not in 1911.Paulturtle (talk) 01:31, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Relevance of political names given

The riots occurred during a period of great industrial unrest, and involved prominent figures on the international scene such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, King George V, and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.

However, this article only instances things done by Winston Churchill. Demonstration of the concern this was to the rest would be welcome.Cloptonson (talk) 20:21, 4 May 2014 (UTC)